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Comments on: Denial Is Not Just A River … https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/22/denial-is-not-just-a-river/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Thu, 22 May 2008 17:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/22/denial-is-not-just-a-river/comment-page-1/#comment-36591 Thu, 22 May 2008 17:43:30 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4212#comment-36591 I’m not sure if I have mentioned this in the past, but the Dutch land purchase from the Iroquois was a win-win. The Iroquois sold the land along the rivers which was very fertile, but subject to flooding. The Dutch were more than used to dealing with flooding, and good land is good land.

It was after the English moved in that the problems started.

The Dutch know how to do this, but the Corps refuses to accept that they failed, and they keep trying to patch a bad design instead of building a good design.

My Mother’s water garden is better designed that the New Orleans levee system. They continue to use the corrugated sheet metal pounded into the swamp. It is going to fail there, just like it fails here when used for seawalls.

]]> By: andante https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/05/22/denial-is-not-just-a-river/comment-page-1/#comment-36588 Thu, 22 May 2008 17:18:44 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4212#comment-36588 Last I heard, experts from the Netherlands were asked to share their demonstrated expertise with… the Rotary Club.

Yeah, that ought to git ‘er done.

(Rather than mess up your format, if the link doesn’t work, try http://www.Nola.com, May 7, 2008, “Dutch visitors share expertise on levees”)

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