Comments on: Memory from Amsterdam http://www.caperet.com/2005/10/30/memory-from-amsterdam/ An eclectic mix of technology, news comment, and personal notes. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:55:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Memory from Amsterdam by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2005/10/30/memory-from-amsterdam/#comment-171 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:13:32 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/10/30/memory-from-amsterdam/#comment-171 Hi Dave, The Dutch have not been totally spared from the wrath of nature. In <a href="http://www.thehollandring.com/1953-ramp.shtml" rel="nofollow">1953 there was a flood</a> that caused the loss of over 1,000 lives. The same tidal surge caused flooding in England on Canvey Island, and it was only due to some luck that the Thames further downstream wasn't affected. The <a href="http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/regions/thames/323150/335688/341764/" rel="nofollow">Thames Barrier</a> was created as a result of this flooding. New Orleans could learn from the Europeans, especially the Dutch, regarding dams and levees. The friend I visited in the Netherlands is a water expert and knows quite a bit himself. He told me that sadly a lot of his recommendations require enormous budgets and half-assed solutions are often the outcome because the money isn't there. Until disaster strikes of course, at which point the cost is not evaluated in pure dollar terms... Hi Dave,

The Dutch have not been totally spared from the wrath of nature. In 1953 there was a flood that caused the loss of over 1,000 lives. The same tidal surge caused flooding in England on Canvey Island, and it was only due to some luck that the Thames further downstream wasn’t affected. The Thames Barrier was created as a result of this flooding.

New Orleans could learn from the Europeans, especially the Dutch, regarding dams and levees. The friend I visited in the Netherlands is a water expert and knows quite a bit himself. He told me that sadly a lot of his recommendations require enormous budgets and half-assed solutions are often the outcome because the money isn’t there. Until disaster strikes of course, at which point the cost is not evaluated in pure dollar terms…

]]> Comment on Memory from Amsterdam by: Marinade Dave http://www.caperet.com/2005/10/30/memory-from-amsterdam/#comment-170 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:41:05 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/10/30/memory-from-amsterdam/#comment-170 Very interesting post. Wouldn't you think that New Oreans could learn a thing or two from the way dams and levees are built in Holland? Very interesting post. Wouldn’t you think that New Oreans could learn a thing or two from the way dams and levees are built in Holland?

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