What were the consequences of the 1953 hurricane in the Netherlands?

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In summary, the conversation discusses the potential impact of climate change on the Netherlands and the security concerns raised by the Pentagon. The article referenced in the conversation highlights the potential danger of rising sea levels and powerful storms on the country, with cities like The Hague potentially becoming uninhabitable. The conversation also questions the credibility of the source and speculates about the future of cities like Venice and the Netherlands. A similar disaster in 1953 serves as a warning for the potential consequences of climate change.
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O, give me a break. What a piece of sensationalist junk.
 
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lol, look at the source...The Observer. It's some budget newspaper. If it were really a pressing issue, i think more newspapers would have picked up on it. Probably some journalist trying to fill a page by stretching the truth..
 
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Sounds like yellow journalism to me...
 
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How long do you think you'll be able to visit Venice? Maybe 150 yrs, the city is slowly sinking. For the Netherlands, one third is below sealevel, that is where half the population lives, with the sealevels rising or bad storms, can't be good..
 
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The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare
The climate could change radically, and fast. That would be the mother of all national security issues.

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,582584,00.html [Broken]
 
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As history reminds: in January 1953, hurricane-force winds and an unusually high tide blasted the Dutch coast, collapsing the protective banks. Eighteen hundred thirty five people were drowned and 70,000 were left homeless. A third of the Netherlands was under water.

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