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Dikes don't work in Miami because the ground is too porous.
by heartbreak 8y ago
Dikes don't work in Miami because the ground is too porous.
- stevenwoo 8y agoNot only that, the article is about the fresh water supply and to protect that would need a dike around most of south Florida (and all the interior rivers if that were possible given the limestone) and part of the Everglades.
- jillesvangurp 8y agoOr build desalination plants and stop draining the natural reserves of fresh water. Probably a lot cheaper. The point of the dikes would be to prevent flooding; not protecting fresh water supplies.