Re:After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking
by mc32 on Thursday April 18, 2019 @09:47PM
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That’s something for geologists to answer. All I can say is the place we know has historically sunk and we know is sinking and will continue sinking in the future due to soil, hydrology, etc., is not the place to rebuild.
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Re:After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking
by inflatableDodo on Thursday April 18, 2019 @09:51PM
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Alternatively, it is excellent practice that we all are really going to need. Also, again, go explain that point of view to the Dutch - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlan...
Re:After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking
by DuskStar on Thursday April 18, 2019 @10:35PM
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The Dutch have a lot less land to retreat to than those of us in the states.
Re:After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking
by Kim_Bruning on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:26AM
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Retreat is still very expensive though. Why retreat when you can control the landscape and make it your own?
Maintaining a constant war on water is still a lot cheaper than colonizing the moon or mars; and the ROI is pretty decent.