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For those that live in those areas, sadly you have really two choices. Move. Or go without insurance.
It sucks but that's reality. The government couldn't even afford to cover those homes. If it were one home in a danger zone then it would be feasible. But with the number of homes, businesses and other buildings it just isn't feasible. We need to start working to get these people out of there. If we start now it can in theory be done but the longer we wait the more impossible it will become.
Laughs in Dutch Deltaworks.
The government would easily be able to fix this, by properly protecting the city from the ocean by building adequate protection measures. But it failed to do so.. and this is the result. The constituents voted for short term cost savings over long term viability of some of their large population centers.
Unfortunately we don't currently have a Dutch government that believes in climate change, luckily our water defense is managed by an even older branch of government that does still know it's core function.
You just reminded me that there's a version of Pandemic inspired by this, it's actually really fun
Cool! I just went online and bought a copy. Had not heard of it, but it seems fun.
Wow, their brand really is “visions of the future” now isn’t it?