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To: Enosh

That would not be fun.


3,028 posted on 09/16/2008 4:00:42 AM PDT by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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Was just checking out videos of the damage, and noticed this vid, shot from a helicopter travelling along the Seawall.

http://www.click2houston.com/video/17480828/index.html?rss=hou&psp=news

The Seawall is looking good, if a little nibbled on at one end. Looks like it did its job astoundingly well, too - almost everything that was *behind* the century old Seawall is more or less intact, if a bit waterlogged. Impressive.

Anyone who was behind it and stayed through the storm owes their lives to a group of long-dead engineers who built better than I think even they knew. We don’t build that way any more, more’s the pity.


3,030 posted on 09/16/2008 4:33:24 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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