Anyone who says this is barbaric has never been raped
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In the Wake of Katrina, Part II
How’s this for a dumb place to put a city in the first place:
Thanks to Science Museum of Minnesota for this image
And the result…
Amid the sympathy, however, there was criticism.
Experts in the Netherlands expressed surprise that New Orleans’ flood systems failed to restrain the waters.
With half of the country’s population of 16 million living below sea level, the Netherlands prepared for a “perfect storm” soon after floods in 1953 killed 2,000 people. The nation installed massive hydraulic sea walls.
“I don’t want to sound overly critical, but it’s hard to imagine that [the damage caused by Katrina] could happen in a Western country,” said Ted Sluijter, spokesman for the park where the sea walls are exhibited.
— Seattle Times, September 1, 2005