Originally Posted by dalem

Corrections:

1) Holland does quite well, and has for centuries, living below sea level. Decades ago after their last major flood we helped them with some engineering problems. In the wake of Katrina they offered to help us with the basics of successful dike design. Hopefully we listened.

2) The final death toll for Katrina in New Orleans ended up being around 100 people. Dunno about the totals for the rest of the Gulf Coast.

-dale