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Specialists in the Netherlands expressed surprise that New Orleans’s flood systems were unable to restrain the raging waters … “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. “It seemed like plans for protection and evacuation weren’t really in place, and once it happened, the coordination was on loose hinges.”

The Netherlands has offered the US authorities the services of a dike inspection team to help combat the flooding in New Orleans. The team is ready to leave for America if it is required, the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Waterways said on Thursday … The US response to the offer was not known by Thursday afternoon.

1 Response

  1. Mike Rogers says:
    2005-09-04 at 10:11:12

    As will most of the world’s coastal cities in 100 years or so…

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