Any geniuses understand the physics of New Orleans? - Beyond Tiki

Z ZebraTiki Member Enchanted Bay Area, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2004 Posts: 530	Z ZebraTiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 24, 2004 9:20 PM Geeky Tiki: If New Orleans' sea level bugs you, don't go near Rotterdam in the Netherlands at the Ijssel river: 22 feet below sea level. Most of the country is built on land reclaimed from the sea by pumping the water out, thus all the windmills originally, and today, amazing feats of water engineering works. In 1780 John Adams was the American envoy to the Dutch parliament. I wonder if he brought any of the Dutch "drain the flood plains" ideas to New Orleans? Or maybe he took the idea "Drink in the streets!" to Amstersdam?

Geeky Tiki:
If New Orleans' sea level bugs you, don't go near Rotterdam in the Netherlands at the Ijssel river: 22 feet below sea level. Most of the country is built on land reclaimed from the sea by pumping the water out, thus all the windmills originally, and today, amazing feats of water engineering works.

In 1780 John Adams was the American envoy to the Dutch parliament. I wonder if he brought any of the Dutch "drain the flood plains" ideas to New Orleans? Or maybe he took the idea "Drink in the streets!" to Amstersdam?

Post #116465 by ZebraTiki on Fri, Sep 24, 2004 9:20 PM