Weak sea walls blamed for France storm disaster

[bananas]

Source: Guardian

Blame is being laid on weak and aged sea defences after violent storms left at least 50 dead and thousands homeless along France's Atlantic coast.

Many died after the sea wall off the coastal town of L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer was breached, allowing 8m-high (26ft) waves to crash through the streets.

A local governor said the walls dated back to the time of Napoleon and needed to be replaced with taller barriers.

President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged 3m euros (£2.6m) in emergency aid.
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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8544002.stm

[cowman]

1. Boy,

this sounds familiar

[Gman]

2. French Katrina

I read stories over the weekend about "hundreds" being plucked from roof tops and in attics while water rose to the roofs.

[Zoeisright]

3. That's the repuke way.

Ignore infrastructure, then when a tragedy occurs because the infrastructure was neglected and fails, spend many times more money finally fixing it and deny responsibility. And people die, but that's not important to them.

Witness that fucking tool Pawlenty after the 35W bridge collapse.

[WriteDown]

6. Was Napolean really a repuke though?

:shrug:

[northofdenali]

4. But....but....global warming is a FICTION made up of JUNK SCIENCE

by the libruls!!! :sarcasm:

Storm path:



Good luck to all in its wake.

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Pic from La-Faute-sur-Mer (this was no small storm surge!) other very good ones on Yahoo at:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/France-pummelled-violent-storm-/ss/events/wl/033110francestorm#photoViewer=/100301/photos_wl_afp/0e7f0c48bb0af2858e554df74950c74f

[scottsoperson]

5. only 5% of climate scientists

disagree with al gore.

[valerief]

7. Are they rounding up citizens, starving them, and shooting at them?

If not, it's nothing like Katrina.

[Rapier09]

8. Not that surprised

A la Vendee, shame these people can't ever bother to get their act together.