Tar_alcaran
Tar_alcaran t1_j1n61hq wrote
Reply to comment by kingofpotatopeople92 in The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges by ChiggaOG
Thats why we're spending over a billion per year, upgrading to the the worst of the current projections instead of the average of the 1990s projections
Tar_alcaran t1_j1llpgq wrote
Reply to comment by 11fingerfreak in The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges by ChiggaOG
>We’re not going to win a battle against the ocean
laughs in Dutch
Tar_alcaran t1_j1ll3t4 wrote
Reply to comment by Brave-Examination-70 in The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges by ChiggaOG
As a Dutch person... what?
We just threw 2 billion euros at raising and strengthening the Afsluitdijk and installin some insanely huge pumps to make sure we can get rid of water from the IJsselmeer even in high-sealevel conditions. That's on top of the 1.2 billion were spending on the Delta Program every year to make sure we're beating climate change.
There are no sea-side wetlands to prevent flooding in the Netherlands (though were definitely doing that for our rivers. There are large sections of coast that have dunes, but that's not new, that's how they've always been. We DO do a lot of shoreline suppletion, which maintains the beaches and dunes, but that's not really a solution for many places.
Tar_alcaran t1_j1lkqjx wrote
Reply to comment by kingofpotatopeople92 in The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges by ChiggaOG
We're coming up on 70 years with no flooding thanks to the Delta Works, so I'd say there's a pretty big difference.
Tar_alcaran t1_j1lkhmk wrote
Reply to comment by in-game_sext in Factbox: About 1.2 million without power in United States from winter storms by Smithy2232
It a hard to have a forest in the suburbs
Tar_alcaran t1_j1lkgvi wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Factbox: About 1.2 million without power in United States from winter storms by Smithy2232
Also, wood doesn't expire, gasoline has a relatively short shelvelife, up to 6 months for the stuff you get at the gasstation.
Tar_alcaran t1_j1nljsw wrote
Reply to comment by kingofpotatopeople92 in The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges by ChiggaOG
As someone living at 5m below sea level, thanks!