Comparing International Levees

THIS is why we need to fix the levees.http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0112-15.htm

Here's how the British hold back the waters from flooding London:












And the Dutch solution to protecting an entire nation that mostly rests below sea level:

The Italians are defending their city on the sea, Venice:

And... Here's how the richest, most powerful and technologically advancednation on earth protected against the long-forecasted flooding of New Orleans: