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Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 2 2005, 02:29 PM
An apt quote from over the water:
In the Netherlands, much of which lies below sea level as in New Orleans, there was some consternation that the Louisiana city was so poorly prepared, AP reported.
The nation installed massive hydraulic sea walls known as the Delta Works after devastating floods in 1953.
"I don't want to sound overly critical, but it's hard to imagine that [the damage caused by Katrina] could happen in a Western country," Ted Sluijter, press spokesman for Neeltje Jans, the public park where the Delta Works are exhibited, was reported as saying by AP.
"It seemed like plans for protection and evacuation weren't really in place, and once it happened, the coordination" was poor.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/02/...orld/index.html
Cowperson
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Yes, the fabulous Dutch. What a maroon. Notice how they fortified their land AFTER a huge disaster. AFTER devastation.
That is how it works with massive projects, sorry. Reaction is the norm for projects of that magnitude. Polititians won't risk fighting for an infrastructure project like that until they have to. And guess what? The ones that make such projects their election platform, won't get elected. (until AFTER a disaster)
The Dutch can puff up, but i don't think they have much of a cause to.