[geeks] Mr Bill?

[Mike Meredith]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:59:08 -0400 (EDT), Sandwich Maker wrote:
> most of new orleans deserved to be rebuilt, but the lower 9th ward -
> which afaik got the worst flooding and heaviest damage - was a swamp 5
> decades ago.  it should be a swamp again.  new orleans would also be
> helped if they un-leveed the river below the city and let flood
> sediment rebuild the delta again.

"Managed retreat" is the buzzword in the UK. Hard coastal protection
for cities; soft for agricultural land. Salt marshes turn out to be
astonishingly effective flood defences.

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Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/)
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 Makes slaves of men, and, of the human frame,
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