Amazing global levee perspective (dial up warning)

[Horse with no Name]

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:

Giant platforms on hinges raise up to break the waves when they get too high !


And the richest, most powerful and technologically advanced nation on earth...USA!!!!!!
Go Corps of Engineers!!!!



Hey, it takes a lot of money to keep corrupt politicians corrupt

Edited to fix pix:)

[BlueEyedSon]

1. None of these links work for me, is that your EMAIL?

[Horse with no Name]

4. Fixed thanks!

Tried to host out of Yahoo briefcase.:(

[Atman]

2. You can't link people to images in your e-mails

Go to the original source and link to those.

[Horse with no Name]

5. Fixed thanks! eom

[Speck Tater]

3. Those link are all to a private email box.

They are not accessable to outsiders.

[Horse with no Name]

6. It was one of those moments...

Sorry.

[ljm2002]

7. Great set of pics...

...and it says everything that needs to be said about the crap people dish out, "Well what do they expect for a city that's below sea level...".

Thanks.

[madrchsod]

8. the dutch have been doing this for centuries

and we put up concrete slabs in dirt...

[Atman]

9. There is one huge difference...

None of those countries is populated by Southern Democratic negroes.

[Greyhound]

10. ...or depends on a kleptocracy to run them. n/t

[HamdenRice]

11. Five pictures worth 10,000 words!

It's so sad. We need European style social democracy.