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Originally Posted by MysticCat81
Tell that to the Dutch.  |
Yes, but the Dutch have this funny thing about being practical and built the Maeslant Barrier to keep the flood waters down. They tried to do the same thing for Venice, and Venice, being more vain then practical decided that they would rather have the Adriatic Sea in their living rooms then have the Dutch build them a sea wall 20 miles from shore because the sea walls are ugly. I saw on the Discovery channel that Venice is conceding, however, and building up walls, but they have to stay under the sea until flood time.
