........ UNDESTANDING THE BASICS....
Flood Barriers (includes the famous Surge Barriers in the Netherlands )
click here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_barrier
Engineers Consider Barriers to Protect New York From Another Sandy
Videos of this NY/NJ Surge Barrier proposal
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/11/engineers-draw-barriers-to-protect-new-york-from-another-sandy.html
After the Flood: Can Surge Barriers Save New York?
Superstorm Sandy Spurs Talk of Sea Barrier for New York (November 2012)
Flood barriers around the world
Storm Sturge In Europe.. the Threat
THE NORTH SEA
Flood Barriers constructed near the North Sea:
the Netherlands, the UK, and Germany
NORTH SEA
click here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea
Storm tides of the North Sea
click here (Noth Sea : The water level can rise to more than 5 metres (17 ft) above the normal tide)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_tides_of_the_North_Sea
Sea floods in North Norfolk
Storms and Floods Hit Europe 1953 Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com
Storm Surge, Seaham, County Durham
Raging Seas - Terrifying Surf, Storm Surge and Rogue Waves!
Basic Understanding - the Delta Work of the Netherlands
Click Here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works
Hollands Sea Barriers
Deltawerken, Deltaworks, Aerial Footage
Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier
Zeeland - Driving along the Oosterscheldekering
Maeslantkering functionerings sluiting. 24 september 2011.
Haringvliet Dam - Locks
Holland's Barrier's to the Sea
Thames Barrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier
Thames Barrier - Model shows operation
The Thames Flood Barrier
Eider Barrage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eider_Barrage
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Eidersperrwerk / Klappbrücke schließt
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Eidersperrwerk
Eidersperrwerk
STORM SURGE IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
From The Gulf of Finland
THE GULF OF FINLAND
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_finland
BEFORE the St. Petersburg Dam , the Neva River in Russia use to get flooded.
NEVA RIVER
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neva
View of the Neva River
Saint Petersburg Dam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Dam
Halcrow project - St Petersburg Flood Barrier
CONTINUED: NEXT AREA THE
UNITED STATES
FLOOD CONTROL METHODS
http://flood-barriers-around-the-world2.weebly.com/
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