Raise the Ground - New York Times: "Op-Ed Contributor
Raise the Ground
By HENRY PETROSKI
Published: September 10, 2005
Arrowsic, Me.
HURRICANES are a given of nature on the Gulf Coast, and even stronger levees than those breached in New Orleans do not guarantee protection. Fortunately, levees aren't the only solution.
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One alternative would be to raise the low parts of the city, the way Galveston, Tex., did after a storm surge in 1900 killed at least 6,000 of its people. To prevent the repetition of such a calamity, engineers devised a great seawall and raised the city behind it by as much as 17 feet. Houses were supported on stilts while dredged-up sand was pumped beneath them.
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