Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
I don't think its a widely used term, took some google digging to find the news headline the phrase came from
http://observer.com/2012/10/new-new-...zed-sea-gates/
Err, that article also only mentions Rotterdam

Anyway, protecting at least densely populated areas with a lot of industry etc sounds like a good idea to me - yes, the costs are astronomical, but so is the damage caused by storms like this. Wiki claims damage to NY is at least 18 billion.. sounds like decent protections would be worth it there.