On 2 Sep 2005 20:31:29 -0700, "
wrote:

It's got nothing to do with Bush - but with decisions made by LOCAL
officials and developers decades before Bush's parents were born!
Build a city 1) below sea level 2) on the sea front 3) in a chronic
hurricane zone - and it is doomed.
Saying that the Dutch live on the sea below sea level is irrelevant.
Holland isn't in a hurricane zone.

They have bad weather too but maintain their dikes.
--
Cliff