2. • • 10,000 years: Indian Point nuclear reactors
continue to leak radioactivity into the Hudson
River.
3. 1 Day to 3 years
Without hosts Human head and body lice would
go extinct.
Without heated homes and climes, cockroaches
would die out
New York Sewage systems would back up
Any casual rainfall would completely flood
downtown Chicago
Emergency fuel supplies to
4. 10 to 20 years
Sidewalks crack and weeds invade.
Hawks and falcons flourish, as do feral cats and
dogs.
The rat population, deprived of human garbage,
crashes.
Cultivated carrots, cabbages, broccoli, and brussels
sprouts revert to their wild ancestors.
The Panama Canal seals up reuniting North and
South America
5. • • 20,000 years: Glaciers move relentlessly
across the island of Manhattan and its
environs, scraping the landscape clean.
6. • • 20 years: Water-soaked steel columns
supporting subway tunnels corrode and
buckle. Bears and wolves invade Central Park.
• • 50 years: Concrete chunks tumble from
buildings, whose steel foundations begin to
crumble. Indian Point nuclear reactors leak
radioactivity into the Hudson River
7.
8. • • 100 years: Oaks and maples re-cover the
land.
10. • • 1,000 years: Hell Gate Bridge, built to bring
the railroad across the East River, finally falls.
11. What would happen if humans
disappeared from America?
Have we left our
mark?
12. Humans have a big effect on
environments
What if we were
gone?
13. Work Cited
world+without+us.25 Dec.2008.Mondolithic S
tudioshttp://www.mondolithic.com/?p=445
“Life After People Quiz.” 2011. The History
Channel website. Nov
2http://www.mondolithic.com/?p=4451
2011, 4:29
http://www.history.com/shows/life-after-
people/interactives/life-after-people-quiz.
14. Work Cited Continued
• Ghost-town-in-the-
suburbs.24.Nov.2010.Oddities2011http://ww
w.odditieszone.com/ghost-town-in-the-
suburbs/
