Goedjn wrote:


As for barges, they've been bandied around for years--in general, they
appear to have been rejected by those in a better position to make the
decision than a landlocked usenet positor...

Evacuating from the city was also rejected by many of them, but
doesn't mean that it's not a good idea.

I doubt it was rejected by many of those in position to have actually
made decisions regarding the building of major industrial facilities on
barges as opposed to land...

I was quite aware of plans for building offshore nuclear islands back in
the 60s and 70s...had some advantages, but the cost and disadvantages
were just more than what could be justified by any engineering study.