If you don’t know what I’m talking about the mauslandkering they are basically huge mechanical arms that block of the entrance to the river to protect against floods from sea.
I hope my question is appropriate for this subreddit. My partner and I are visiting the Netherlands soon. He is an engineer and both of us are very interested in the Delta Works and the Maeslantkering. I know we can do English- language tours, but I wondered if these were targeted more towards families.
Does anyone know whether there is a tour that would perhaps provide more technical detail and be more interesting for an engineer?
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> Strong winds and high seas in the Netherlands on Wednesday forced the closure of two storm surge barriers around Rotterdam and another in Zeeland.
> Scheduled for closure at 2:10 p.m., the Maeslantkering had not closed since a late night storm on November 8, 2007.
> They protect some of the lowest lying parts of the Netherlands from water, the latter of the two being the first storm surge barrier built as part of the ambitious Delta Works water management plan of the mid 20th century.
> These are just two reports out of hundreds of storm damage notifications called into emergency services on Wednesday morning.
> The fire department in the Utrecht region had already received 125 storm damage reports by late Wednesday morning.
> The high speed rail line between Rotterdam and Breda is down until at least 1:00 p.m. Fewer trains were traveling between Amsterdam, Zaandam and Alkmaar, between Den Haag and Rotterdam, and between Dordrecht and Breda due to the weather.
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
