Maybe… I’m sure it wouldn’t be great if the big dykes got blown up, but barring any insane events like this one I feel very safe, they measure all this stuff very precisely, there is actually a separate government that only deals with water management.
![[Map] The Netherlands in 1300 vs 1900-2000](https://dormi.zone/pictrs/image/7f881b1d-ff83-4c56-bece-d18914d0d435.png){kind=link}
Hardly free, these were very expensive projects both in financial terms as well as human cost.
It’s a meme, don’t take it literally
How safe is it?
Like, if war were suddenly to break out could 10% of the country be flooded with a few torpedoes?
Maybe… I’m sure it wouldn’t be great if the big dykes got blown up, but barring any insane events like this one I feel very safe, they measure all this stuff very precisely, there is actually a separate government that only deals with water management.