USATODAY.com - Dutch design lets homes float on the floodwaters

USATODAY.com - Dutch design lets homes float on the floodwaters: "Dutch design lets homes float on the floodwaters
By Matt Bradley, The Christian Science Monitor
'God created the earth,' says an old Dutch saying. 'but the Dutch created the Netherlands.' Indeed, precious few nations share the distinction of having forged much of their land from the sea.
Pylons (right) for homes being built will let them rise with any flood.
By Peter Dejong, AP

After hurricane Katrina flooded the Gulf Coast, many U.S. hydrologists, architects, and city planners looked to 'the low countries' for water-wise guidance. But instead of continuing their prohibitively high-cost war against the sea, some Dutch architects are designing ways to live on, instead of fighting against, the rising tide."