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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yeah, of course, New Orleans would be the part of the country that would be set to be flooded so to save the rest of this country (or at least the region).
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You may be jesting, but... I don't think that is right. Really the problem for the Dutch is that they share a border with another country that hasn't created as good of a system as theirs. The other problem is rising sea levels (but let's not suggest that there is any global warming going on, lest bilmore should arrive to dispute that hypothesis) that could require additional fixes to their system in the long run.
If we set up a system like theirs around NO, I don't think that the risk of another flood like this one would be high at all. It is just a different proposition in the US to make it happen when such a small portion of a large country is at risk, versus the Holland thing, where the entire little country could basically be wiped out. Different allocation of resources question. Still, I think it happens here. No way from a public relations point of view not to do it now.
