• Japan is building a giant seawall
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I want to paint hundreds of middle fingers on the ocean-side. Give future tsunamis a giant "fuck you".
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;47377661]I want to paint hundreds of middle fingers on the ocean-side. Give future tsunamis a giant "fuck you".[/QUOTE] I'd recommend against it, pissing of Poseidon seems counterproductive
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;47375439]It won't end Japan's worry of tsunami's or natural disasters, but it may be able to buy some valuable time in the event of another 9.0+ earthquake[/QUOTE] But why not focus that large amount of money on helping relocate the biggest at-risk groups? I don't know what Japan's opinions are on their current living area, but of the government is going to spend off that money regardless, it would in my opinion be better suited on the long-term safety, that being relocating to a much safer area. People who live in New Orleans are a different situation, since that is a much more densely populated area, but most of the biggest at-risk people in Japan aren't as densely populated.
[QUOTE=OvB;47375855]I just wrote a long response to this on my phone, but I lost it - SHIT Seawalls are a last resort defense against storm surge. They're built in low lying areas that would normally be underwater in a storm surge. Barrier islands are suseptable to erosion, and need to be maintained constantly so they remain effective. They cut off ocean currents and block ocean habitats, not to mention they need their own defense to stay effective. Like I said above, I live on Galveston island, which is one of those natural barrier islands you speak of. We keep Houston relatively safe during hurricanes, but we get ravaged ourselves. Since humans decided this was a good place for a city, and we're too stubborn to leave, we just fight against the sea and constantly build walls and such to keep us safe. Barrier islands need jetties to keep the beaches active which is are their own type of coastal defense, and dykes, and dunes, and tons and tons of shipped in sand to keep them there, etc. So really you can build a giant concrete wall, and maybe repair it now and then. Or you can ship in and dredge countless hundreds of tons of sand to build an island, that will be getting smaller with each wave since the moment you built it, and require constant dredging of countless tons of sand to keep there, and countless tons of rock for jetties and dunes, all while cutting off natural currents and destroying fish habitat with the island itself and the constant dredging.[/QUOTE] I find it fitting that you seem very knowledgeable in Tsunami crisis while sporting an Aquaman Avatar.
[QUOTE=Rust666;47378807]But why not focus that large amount of money on helping relocate the biggest at-risk groups? I don't know what Japan's opinions are on their current living area, but of the government is going to spend off that money regardless, it would in my opinion be better suited on the long-term safety, that being relocating to a much safer area. People who live in New Orleans are a different situation, since that is a much more densely populated area, but most of the biggest at-risk people in Japan aren't as densely populated.[/QUOTE] New Orleans didn't need to happen, the city pushed recklessly into the marshes against the sane advice of experts Its kinda why I'm still supprised we spend money rebuilding that area when most of the people have left, we should breach the levies and fill in the abandoned areas and let them return to marshes
They're actually trying to contain the anime
[QUOTE=Sableye;47381679]New Orleans didn't need to happen, the city pushed recklessly into the marshes against the sane advice of experts Its kinda why I'm still supprised we spend money rebuilding that area when most of the people have left, we should breach the levies and fill in the abandoned areas and let them return to marshes[/QUOTE] New Orleans isn't abandoned? You would need to displace entire sections of the city to do that.
[QUOTE=Sableye;47381679]New Orleans didn't need to happen, the city pushed recklessly into the marshes against the sane advice of experts Its kinda why I'm still supprised we spend money rebuilding that area when most of the people have left, we should breach the levies and fill in the abandoned areas and let them return to marshes[/QUOTE] idk if you've been to new orleans lately but it's one of the most crowded cities I've ever been to
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