I Apologize if my coments where taken badly ,that was not the reason for posting
I would not wish the same on any one :(

One thing that strikes me quite forcibly is that here we have a major city in the world's wealthiest nation. Overnight the entire infrastructure of a modern, vibrant city has been destroyed and it has become an chaotic mix of disaster zone and war zone. It just shows how thin the veneer of our civilised world actually is.

It just shows how thin the veneer of our civilised world actually is !
Or how lazy we have become at actually looking after ourselves & how dependant we are on some one else doing it for us

True! But then again how many of our city dwellers would expect to have to learn Ray Mears survival techniques overnight?

being a bit harsh here, but if you build a city BELOW sea level near the coast its only a matter of time surely.

My heartfelt sympathy goes out to everyone, everywhere, affected so tragically by the unfortunate reality of life.

But more so to the poor unfortunates that cannot do anything about situations forced on them by outsiders in the name of "Global justice" :flame:
When the "twin towers" were hit in the heinous atrocity now known as 9/11 only one comment from a dazed New Yorker sticks in my mind..."How could they do this to "us" after everything we've done for them?".
Yeah, like illegally invading their national sovereignty and killing them!?!

where`s that then mate ?

Hmmm, methinks the Dutch may have a bit of a problem in the long term since virtually their whole country is below see level-which is rising year on year................:o

John

But they've got a lot of Dykes....

Hence the volume of video footage they put out?

Cool :D