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Originally Posted by TeeZet
Gotta keep in in mind that I live about 12 mtrs below sea-level as it is...  |
So what's another meter or two anyway?
I can already picture a breach of the hydraulic sea wall that will render the 1953 tragedy seem like a storm in a cup, and surpassing the New Orleans travesty beyond measure.
Yes this marvel of modern engineering may withstand forces of phenomenal intensity; but it will not endure the scourge of those ever intensifying Northern sea storms. Remember the Hurricane force winds that just hit northern Europe?
Talk about a light topic uh?
Unfortunately, such doomsday scenarios are not confined to the realm of fiction any longer.
My concern is with the thousands of Dutch refugees that will spread across Europe, including Portugal,
and given their extraordinary social skills, influence the European parliament to adopt Dutch as the official lingua franca of the union.
