Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by casparz » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 6:11 AM UTC

Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically
paudal.com

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

#2

Post by casparz » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 6:11 AM UTC

The Maeslantkering closed automatically for the first time since its completion in 1998.

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

#3

Post by liviux » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 11:35 AM UTC

Lol, what an website. One paragraph of the article, one Google ad

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

#4

Post by frereubu » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 11:47 AM UTC

liviux wrote: post #3

Lol, what an website. One paragraph of the article, one Google ad

Not sure why you're seeing that - I see a short article with multiple paragraphs and a few photographs, using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by zzzeek » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 11:49 AM UTC

frereubu wrote: post #4

liviux wrote: post #3

Lol, what an website. One paragraph of the article, one Google ad

Not sure why you're seeing that - I see a short article with multiple paragraphs and a few photographs, using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Try reading it on a phone with Chrome or Safari

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by admaiora » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

liviux wrote: post #3

Lol, what an website. One paragraph of the article, one Google ad

This was absolutely impossible to read. I was interested in the topic though as I have a Dutch spatial planning university degree and it's nice to see these systems working. The years of hard engineering projects for flood management did not go to waste especially for the mitigation of these events.

That said, NL is not focusing on these hard engineering solutions as much anymore as the focus has turned towards soft engineering, such as controlled floodplains. We'll probably see less and less of these kinds of solutions in the future and flood management becomes more boring in a sense.

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by berkes » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 12:02 PM UTC

zzzeek wrote: post #5

frereubu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why you're seeing that - I see a short article with multiple paragraphs and a few photographs, using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Try reading it on a phone with Chrome or Safari

I read it on a phone and Firefox with ublock rendered it without annoyances.

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by flagged24 » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 12:03 PM UTC

zzzeek wrote: post #5

frereubu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why you're seeing that - I see a short article with multiple paragraphs and a few photographs, using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Try reading it on a phone with Chrome or Safari

No ads either if you set a private ad blocking DNS server.

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by casparz » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 12:04 PM UTC

liviux wrote: post #3

Lol, what an website. One paragraph of the article, one Google ad

Haha, never noticed it on my PC when submitting it. I could not find an English article anywhere, finally stumbled on this page. The Wikipedia page has a short paragraph as of yesterday, so that might be a better source.

Re: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

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Post by tremon » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 12:06 PM UTC

zzzeek wrote: post #5

frereubu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why you're seeing that - I see a short article with multiple paragraphs and a few photographs, using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Try reading it on a phone with Chrome or Safari

Not all of us are that masochistic.