Comments on: What I learned from the Dutch about flood protection http://levees.org/2009/06/03/what-i-learned-from-the-dutch-about-flood-protection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-learned-from-the-dutch-about-flood-protection Your source for information on levee and flood protection nationwide. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Barbara Trevigne http://levees.org/2009/06/03/what-i-learned-from-the-dutch-about-flood-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Barbara Trevigne Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:33:19 +0000 http://levees.org/2/?p=289#comment-622 I read with great interest the email sent to me regarding a trip to the Netherlands to see how the Dutch constructed their system to live along side mother nature. I remember after New Orleans was a wash in flood waters, members of the city council went to see this same structure. Although, I asked my city council person "what happened" with the information gathered, and if New Orleans was going to consider a similar co-existence. I never received an answer. I still do not know what happened to all that "we are going to go for it, and if the Dutch can do it we can do it." I am not as hopeful as I once was living in New Orleans, and I lack the confidence in our elected officals to undertake such a momumental task. I guess the politicians have followed suit as other members in leadership positions and have constructed their "Katrina get-a-way homes." while the rest of us sink or swim. With a heavy rain fall, our streets flood, and our canals overflow. Maybe we should move to the Netherlands while the politician work everything out. Thanks for sharing the article. Sincerely, Barbara I read with great interest the email sent to me regarding a trip to the Netherlands to see how the Dutch constructed their system to live along side mother nature. I remember after New Orleans was a wash in flood waters, members of the city council went to see this same structure. Although, I asked my city council person “what happened” with the information gathered, and if New Orleans was going to consider a similar co-existence. I never received an answer. I still do not know what happened to all that “we are going to go for it, and if the Dutch can do it we can do it.”

I am not as hopeful as I once was living in New Orleans, and I lack the confidence in our elected officals to undertake such a momumental task. I guess the politicians have followed suit as other members in leadership positions and have constructed their “Katrina get-a-way homes.” while the rest of us sink or swim. With a heavy rain fall, our streets flood, and our canals overflow. Maybe we should move to the Netherlands while the politician work everything out.

Thanks for sharing the article.

Sincerely,

Barbara

]]> By: HeidiHoe http://levees.org/2009/06/03/what-i-learned-from-the-dutch-about-flood-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-621 HeidiHoe Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:03:00 +0000 http://levees.org/2/?p=289#comment-621 How do the vertical heights of the "design surges" for each location compare?? That is, how much higher is the water during the "design storm" at both the Netherlands and New Orleans??? How do other storm parameters compare between the two locations; such as windspeeds, precipitation, storm durations, etc???? What is the "depth to bedrock" at the Netherlands and New Orleans?? How do the vertical heights of the “design surges” for each location compare?? That is, how much higher is the water during the “design storm” at both the Netherlands and New Orleans???

How do other storm parameters compare between the two locations; such as windspeeds, precipitation, storm durations, etc????

What is the “depth to bedrock” at the Netherlands and New Orleans??

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