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>>>Well, let's not forget that large parts of Netherlands are also below sea level... :)
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>>>(see map showing these areas:
http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=MBZ302750 )
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>>Yes, and as you can see, that's also true for Haarlem, the city where I live. But we don't have hurricanes. Occasionally a storm of power 12 on the scale of Beaufort. All dikes must be able to easilly endure such a storm. And if we find only a tiny piece of some dike somewhere that appears to be fragile, it is a national scandal and debate.
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>I think it's a "national scandal" sending those little boys to stick their fingers in the holes in the dykes.
You did not add a smiley, so I feel urged to officially state that this is a story only and that it never really happened.
If you ever come to Haarlem, I take you to Spaarndam (2 miles from where I live) and show you the statue of that little boy. :)
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