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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><i>Published on Thursday, January
12, 2006 by CommonDreams.org <br>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5>Their Levees - Our
Levees<br>
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</font><div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>Here's
how the British hold back the waters from flooding
London:</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2> <br><br>
<img src="cid:6.2.5.6.2.20060113082309.026d53d0@freedomarchives.org.0" width=500 height=333 alt="River Thames Barrier protecting london from Flooding Millenium">
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>And the Dutch solution to
protecting an entire nation that mostly rests below sea
level:</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2> <br><br>
<img src="cid:6.2.5.6.2.20060113082309.026d53d0@freedomarchives.org.1" width=425 height=337 alt="The Delta Works in The Netherlands">
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>The Italians are defending
their city on the sea,
Venice:</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2> <br><br>
<img src="cid:6.2.5.6.2.20060113082309.026d53d0@freedomarchives.org.2" width=410 height=246 alt="Venice Water Authority's MoSE Gates">
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>And... <br>
Here's how the richest, most powerful and technologically advanced<br>
nation on earth protected against the long-forecasted flooding of New
Orleans:</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2> <br><br>
<img src="cid:6.2.5.6.2.20060113082309.026d53d0@freedomarchives.org.3" width=500 height=346 alt="New Orleans 2005">
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