On 03 Sep 2005 23:29:26 -0400, Philip Lewis
wrote:

Duane Bozarth writes:
I actually was meaning the assertion mostly in sarcastic vein...implying
that having ports for ocean-going vessels anywhere near the ocean was
obviously poor planning.
No, what is poor planning is not building things in a manner that
allowed for floods to take them out.

If *I* wanted to build something near the ocean, and the ground was 9
feet below seal level, I'd seriously consider building on 13 foot
stilts anchored in bedrock, or at least a honking big slab of
concrete.

I wouldn't. I'd build it on a barge.