H.J. Bosworth, Jr. discusses the breach of the 17th Street Canal with visitors from The Netherlands studying government warnings of flood risk. Photo/Sandy Rosenthal

Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013 at 11:59 a.m.

Today, at the breach site of the 17th Street Canal, Sandy Rosenthal and H.J. Bosworth Jr, met with a group of Government Trainees (taking part in a 2-year Young Professional Programme) from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment from the Netherlands.

The group is here to broadly study the flood protection that New Orleans has been conducting since the 2005 flooding crisis. They will visit different organizations and investigate what lessons to take home to the Netherlands. Dale Morris from the Dutch embassy in Washington is accompanying them.

Specifically, Rosenthal and Bosworth discussed risk communication from a government perspective and the amount of self-reliance among citizens. The Trainees say they are “convinced that the Netherlands can learn a lot from the US experiences and we are very much looking forward to discuss the subject with different people.”