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American Flood Control Technology!
Posted by Pile
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| Ever wonder how New Orleans compares to other countries' methods of protecting themselves against flooding? |
Here's how the British hold back the waters from flooding London:
And the Dutch solution to protecting an entire nation that mostly rests below sea level:
The Italians are defending their city on the sea, Venice:
And...
Here's how the richest, most powerful and technologically
advanced
nation on earth protected against the long-forecasted flooding of New Orleans:
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| Posted by wizeGurl on 2006-01-16 17:59:56 | | What, you mean six-inch concrete walls aren't good enough to hold back an ocean? |
| Posted by Bigorangedog13 on 2006-02-03 19:00:02 | | An still to this day some 5 months after the storm the City of New Orleans, and the entire Gulf coast only get about 30 words out of Bush at the state of the union address. Also Bush is going to ask for something like $120 billion for the military over the next year and a sagering $18 billion for the gulf coast to rebuild. |
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