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A good part of Netherlands is below sea level. Just build dikes like the Dutch, and the problem is solved. But I guess the people in Miami would protest against

• mikecb 12y ago
  Does the Netherlands get hurricanes?
  • smackay 12y ago
    Sometimes, http://dutchcommunity.com/2012/05/24/the-1953-watersnoodramp-flood-disaster/ http://dutchcommunity.com/2012/05/24/the-1953-watersnoodramp...
  • iamtew 12y ago
    We do. Maybe not that often, but it do happen. There was one in October that made a lot of damage here [1], but also two days ago (albeit not hurricane) there was a storm that flooded large parts of Amsterdam [2] and killed on person. [3] 1: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-force-storm-batters-northern-europe/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-force-storm-batters-no... 2: http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/131015/honderden-meldingen-van-wateroverlast-door-noodweer http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/131015/honderden-meldingen-van-w... 3: http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/131014/storm-eist-een-leven http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/131014/storm-eist-een-leven
• m4x 12y ago
  Dikes won't stop water seeping up through the porous limestone which Miami is built on, nor are they practical for protecting the everglades or any of the existing fresh water and sewerage systems I think the bigger problem is that the resources for dealing with this sort of catastrophe will be stretched very thin when every coastal city the world over is trying to deal with rising water levels.