Hurricane Joquin, Any East Coasters in peril for flooding? Options

[turk22]

I know we have a lot of members up and down the East Coast, looks like lots of heavy rain from the Carolina's to Boston...

Anybody worried about flooding or power outages this weekend?

Hope everybody is well and safe till the storm passes!

[thieuster]

Dutch approach: our defense against heavy winter storms. Building seawalls/levees!

Large parts of The Netherlands are situated below sea level, some areas are as low as 30 ft below sea level. So we spend a lot of time and money to be sure we're safe.

Every time I visit the US east coast I'm amazed by the fact that I can't see any evidence of seawalls, levees etc. despite the fact that hurricanes are not uncommon, so to speak.

Even with the sea walls, things can go pear shaped. But that's mostly from flooded rivers during Spring when the snow on mountains in Switzerland and Germany thaws. But mostly, things can be channeled. Flood insurance is pretty low: annual premium is one thousandth of the value of your belongings.

This is a pic of the mostwestern part of The Netherlands: Westkapelle. (The Sherman tank on top of the seawall is another story)

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Without protection, 1/3 of the country will get it's feet wet. (I live 50 ft above sea level, btw)

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Menno

[era vulgaris]

Every time I visit the US east coast I'm amazed by the fact that I can't see any evidence of seawalls, levees etc. despite the fact that hurricanes are not uncommon, so to speak.

That's because hurricanes are our supernatural punishment and we welcome being absolved of our sins.

So we spend a lot of time and money to be sure we're safe.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Clearly you've never lived in the US.

[thieuster]

Every time I visit the US east coast I'm amazed by the fact that I can't see any evidence of seawalls, levees etc. despite the fact that hurricanes are not uncommon, so to speak.

That's because hurricanes are our supernatural punishment and we welcome being absolved of our sins.

So we spend a lot of time and money to be sure we're safe.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Clearly you've never lived in the US.

Yeah we had our fair share of that Katrina-like thing back in the last century. Since then, billions are spent and and still being spend on coastal defense. Dutch engineers have come a long way since this traumatic flooding in Holland.

Nowadays, coastal defense' know how is a Dutch export product (e.g. Dubai's Islands, New York - Verrazzano Narrows and Seabrook Floodgate Complex in New Orleans).

Menno