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Historical roles were reversed when top officials from hurricane-stricken Louisiana visited Zeeland province in the Netherlands this week.
The delegation was led by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and included senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter.
In 1953, Zeeland was devastated by a flood disaster even worse than the one in New Orleans.
Two thousand people were killed, and the system of dykes protecting the islands and peninsulas in Zeeland's river delta collapsed in nearly 500 places.
After the disaster, Dutch delegates visited Louisiana to marvel at the state-of-the-art levees placed along the Mississippi River in the 1920s and '30s.
Realising that tragedy could perhaps have been prevented, the delegates returned home vowing they would never again be taken by surprise.
Zeeland's pioneering Delta Project was a direct result of these considerations.
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Originally posted by ivanhoeI heard, which of course could be totally wrong, is even if the
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Historical roles were reversed when top officials from hurricane-stricken Louisiana visited Zeeland province in the Netherlands this week.
The delegation was led by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and included senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter.
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New orleonians built a 70 foot high wall, in a hundred years it would
be destroyed anyway.
It seems to me they should realize that and rebuild the city but
north of the lake. Having a lake at say, 20 feet altitude and
a city at 10 foot altitude seems like a rediculously stupid idea. Its
asking for trouble for only reasons of vanity.
Originally posted by ivanhoeWhat's the debate here?
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Historical roles were reversed when top officials from hurricane-stricken Louisiana visited Zeeland province in the Netherlands this week.
The delegation was led by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and included senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter.
In 1953, Zeeland was devastated by a flood di ...[text shortened]...
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Originally posted by ivanhoeThis thread would have really taken off had you called it Louisiana and Dutch Dykes....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4607452.stm
Historical roles were reversed when top officials from hurricane-stricken Louisiana visited Zeeland province in the Netherlands this week.
The delegation was led by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and included senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter.
In 1953, Zeeland was devastated by a flood di ...[text shortened]...
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I advise anyone visiting Holland to pop by the Delta Expo (Island side of the Haringvliet dam).
That explains how the whole complex system was built and how it works.
You see, it's not only a dam, but the delta system controls the water levels for the whole province of South Holland (nearly). The Dutch even regulate the water levels in the rivers!
In emergencies (which can always happen) they have various fields they can flood to get rid of excess water as well.
And you get some vintage footage of the 1953 disaster as well.
