Away/Back thread

['andersom']

Looking at pictures of Eifel...looks like a great place to hike..very beautiful. Seems like the sort of place Parts would live too . Theres a trail, Eifelsteig, and a castle, Burg Ramstein. Did you see either?

Hahaha, had I realised there was a Burg Ramstein, I think we would have gone and seen it. In stead we visited the bigger one of these two.


A little stream between them showing the sworn enemies where the border was between their premises.

The Eifel is packed with tracks to go on foot, not all really well marked, but it is a very nice hiking area. Some of the trails we walked followed the Eifelsteig route for a bit. These Burgs were on the trail you mentioned too.

[Semicolon]

This site tells a lot about water-management in the past and future in the Netherlands. It is quite interesting. We're aiming for more controlled flooding, if flooding can't be prevented. Two kilometers from me there now is an area that is designated to flood, in case all other water-distractions won't work. The Dutch are designing more and more places for overfluid water to go to, because more and more water is expected to come in from the rivers. The biggest danger does not seem to be the sea anymore.
We all pay a fair amount on taxes for water management. It is part of our culture since the middle ages.

The quality of the river water is way better than it was 30 years ago, when rivers were used as sewage way more. But, our two main rivers, de Maas /Meuse en de Rijn/Rhein still go through huge industrial areas, before entering the Netherlands.

['andersom']

This site tells a lot about water-management in the past and future in the Netherlands. It is quite interesting. We're aiming for more controlled flooding, if flooding can't be prevented. Two kilometers from me there now is an area that is designated to flood, in case all other water-distractions won't work. The Dutch are designing more and more places for overfluid water to go to, because more and more water is expected to come in from the rivers. The biggest danger does not seem to be the sea anymore.
We all pay a fair amount on taxes for water management. It is part of our culture since the middle ages.

The quality of the river water is way better than it was 30 years ago, when rivers were used as sewage way more. But, our two main rivers, de Maas /Meuse en de Rijn/Rhein still go through huge industrial areas, before entering the Netherlands.

That is how I will go to work, in case they have to use the last back-up plan. Estimations are it will be less than once in 200 years that that will have to be used though.

[Semicolon]

This site tells a lot about water-management in the past and future in the Netherlands. It is quite interesting. We're aiming for more controlled flooding, if flooding can't be prevented. Two kilometers from me there now is an area that is designated to flood, in case all other water-distractions won't work. The Dutch are designing more and more places for overfluid water to go to, because more and more water is expected to come in from the rivers. The biggest danger does not seem to be the sea anymore.
We all pay a fair amount on taxes for water management. It is part of our culture since the middle ages.

The quality of the river water is way better than it was 30 years ago, when rivers were used as sewage way more. But, our two main rivers, de Maas /Meuse en de Rijn/Rhein still go through huge industrial areas, before entering the Netherlands.

That is how I will go to work, in case they have to use the last back-up plan. Estimations are it will be less than once in 200 years that that will have to be used though.

If you live for 80 years, that's an uncomfortably high lifetime probability.

At that point, it's time to move to Switzerland:

           

           

['andersom']

That is how I will go to work, in case they have to use the last back-up plan. Estimations are it will be less than once in 200 years that that will have to be used though.

If you live for 80 years, that's an uncomfortably high lifetime probability.

At that point, it's time to move to Switzerland:

           

           

Why would I, chance that where I live will get flooded is once in about 4000 years. The area 2 km away from me is a last resource overflow basin, if all other options fail. The farms are on terps, most of the main road is above water level, and people will know way in advance that the area may get flooded. So, time enough to bring cattle and people in safety, with enough food to last long enough.
Chance that you get flooded in a Swiss valley, after massive rainfall will be substantial too, when the climate change keeps going on this way.

[Semicolon]

That is how I will go to work, in case they have to use the last back-up plan. Estimations are it will be less than once in 200 years that that will have to be used though.

If you live for 80 years, that's an uncomfortably high lifetime probability.

At that point, it's time to move to Switzerland:

           

           

Why would I, chance that where I live will get flooded is once in about 4000 years. The area 2 km away from me is a last resource overflow basin, if all other options fail. The farms are on terps, most of the main road is above water level, and people will know way in advance that the area may get flooded. So, time enough to bring cattle and people in safety, with enough food to last long enough.
Chance that you get flooded in a Swiss valley, after massive rainfall will be substantial too, when the climate change keeps going on this way.

CBC is so old school, she was around when your area was last flooded.

You don't have to live in a Swiss valley. You can live in the mountains and ski to work every day. Is there anywhere safe to live in Europe?

['andersom']

That is how I will go to work, in case they have to use the last back-up plan. Estimations are it will be less than once in 200 years that that will have to be used though.

If you live for 80 years, that's an uncomfortably high lifetime probability.

At that point, it's time to move to Switzerland:

           

           

Why would I, chance that where I live will get flooded is once in about 4000 years. The area 2 km away from me is a last resource overflow basin, if all other options fail. The farms are on terps, most of the main road is above water level, and people will know way in advance that the area may get flooded. So, time enough to bring cattle and people in safety, with enough food to last long enough.
Chance that you get flooded in a Swiss valley, after massive rainfall will be substantial too, when the climate change keeps going on this way.

CBC is so old school, she was around when your area was last flooded.

You don't have to live in a Swiss valley. You can live in the mountains and ski to work every day. Is there anywhere safe to live in Europe?

Being born in Monaco is a good start, if you want to get old, on this globe. link

[Semicolon]

That is how I will go to work, in case they have to use the last back-up plan. Estimations are it will be less than once in 200 years that that will have to be used though.

If you live for 80 years, that's an uncomfortably high lifetime probability.

At that point, it's time to move to Switzerland:

           

           

Why would I, chance that where I live will get flooded is once in about 4000 years. The area 2 km away from me is a last resource overflow basin, if all other options fail. The farms are on terps, most of the main road is above water level, and people will know way in advance that the area may get flooded. So, time enough to bring cattle and people in safety, with enough food to last long enough.
Chance that you get flooded in a Swiss valley, after massive rainfall will be substantial too, when the climate change keeps going on this way.

CBC is so old school, she was around when your area was last flooded.

You don't have to live in a Swiss valley. You can live in the mountains and ski to work every day. Is there anywhere safe to live in Europe?

Being born in Monaco is a good start, if you want to get old, on this globe. link

['andersom']

CBC is so old school, she was around when your area was last flooded.

You don't have to be really old for that, actually.
Where I live, people are the oldest things/beings around.

The elderly people that live here are the ones that made this land land. They saw it still being a reedswamp, or even saw it still being the sea.

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