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Rebuilding New Orleans With Science
EccentricAnomaly writes "The New York Times has a discussion of flood control methods in use in Holland, England, and Bangladesh that could be used in the rebuilding of New Orleans. Of particular interest is the $8 billion Delta Works built by the Netherlands in response to the North Sea flood of 1953, which almost destroyed the city of Rotterdam, but for a heroic captain who plugged a breach in a dike with his ship." From the article: "While scientists hail the power of technology to thwart destructive forces, they note that flood control is a job for nature at least as much as for engineers. Long before anyone built levees and floodgates, barrier islands were serving to block dangerous storm surges. Of course, those islands often fall victim to coastal development."
Fill everything up with Jello Powder!
...a heroic captain who plugged a breach in a dike with his ship.
Sounds like the trashy novels my wife reads. Was his ship full of sea men?
Like The Palms?
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
If we don't rebuild, Katrina wins!
your right, we should definitely be hoping for another ice age.
Most of countries who bellow loudest about global warming (Canada, Scandanavia, Germany, France) would cease to exist in the next ice age. That's reason alone to fight global warming!
an ill wind that blows no good
voodoo magic.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams
Uh, right, because "we" live on a small, isolated, rocky island with no natural resources. I can totally see the parallels.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a city on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That blew down, flooded, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up! And that's what you're going to get lad, the strongest city in all of America!
Son, a woman is a lot like a refrigerator. They're six feet tall, 300 pounds... they make ice... umm...
Years Louisana operated under a Republican dominated government: 6.
Years Louisana operated under a Democratic dominated government: 128.
Conclusion: Clearly the Democrats are at fault.
(Note: Conclusion based on the same dumb fucking logic the parent poster uses.)
Rebuilding New Orleans shows stubbornness well beyond the border of idiocy
So you expect Bush will fund it then?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Look, the Gulf Dead Zone is scary enough to those concerned about the coastal environment. But listing multiple sources in your post that reference New Jersey?
There's no reason to make the Dead Zone seem that bad.
Yes, I'm from NJ.
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