Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. It is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America and its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities.[1]
Coverage[]
Seattle is featured in Waters of Death, while briefly in the documentary.
Starting in 2 days after people where it was introduced being built along the banks of the saltwater Puget Sound is being filled with scavengers coming to the Pike Place Market. The fish at the market will not stay fresh for more than 48 hours as the ice melts and the fish decompose making the stench to tell hungry creatures to arrive. Tim Nelson stated that coyotes, raccoons, and other animals come from the outskirts of downtown comes in and wouldn't take long to find the Pike Place Market.
The Seattle Seawall cracks.
In 20 years after people, the 7,000 foot Seattle Seawall is being brought down by gribbles and is about to give way. Tim Nelson stated that the downtown area of Seattle at one-time was a saltmarsh and seawalls were built to keep the tide from coming up and into the town. The Seattle Seawall gives way and uncontrolled seawater rushes in, turning much of the center of Seattle back into a saltwater marsh. Although later, Despite the damaged storm drains and seawalls, 30 years after people have seen Seattle to be high and dry compared to the flooded New Orleans.
Space Needle after 50 years.
In 50 years after people, the windows of Space Needle have all been blown out, destroyed by corrosion from rain. While the structure was an occasional target for lightning, it will not perish by fire, instead the exterior paint has flaked away and steel faces corrosion with some from water, stored in the trees that have reclaimed the city. Charles Roader stated that the trees dump leaves and pine needles on the ground and some fall on the base. He continues that the leaves capture moisture and being acidic, the whole process could accelerate corrosion. Meanwhile, its former high altitude restaurant is a roosting place for peregrine falcons, the fastest creatures on Earth by swooping down at their prey at more than 270 miles an hour.
The Space Needle collapse.
In 200 years after people, while the Space Needle was designed to sway one inch for every 10 miles per hour of wind, corrosion is eating away at the Needle's supports. Charles Roader stated that when the roof starts leaking, moisture starts to get inside the structure and causing the steel to corrode while Ron Servant stated that the weakest link are some of the joints and support bracing that have the most opportunity for corrosion to cracks take hold and expand. Weakened from a 100 wounds over 200 years, it only took a little more than strong breeze and corrosion from moisture for the symbol of the 1962 World's Fair to gives up the fight and crash down into the skyline.
Transformation[]
Seattle after 50 years, reclaimed by forest.
The transformation of Seattle is hardly mentioned in Waters of Death, with mention in 20 years after people that Seattle is once a saltmarsh and after the collapse of the Seattle Seawall, much of the center of Seattle returns into a saltwater marsh, although it is to be high and dry in 30 years after people. Trees have reclaimed the city in 50 years after people, possibly reverting the result of the Seattle Seawall collapse. Presumably, the city would turn into an usual forest after the saltwater marsh.
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