The railway embankment is higher than the rest of the site, so the railway can still run here, picture taken in Nidderau, Hesse.
by kiru_56
The railway embankment is higher than the rest of the site, so the railway can still run here, picture taken in Nidderau, Hesse.
by kiru_56
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Source
https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/hochwasser-in-hessen-koennte-im-neuen-jahr-zurueckkommen-v2,hochwasser-jahreswechsel-100.html
Seems like German infrastructure had a good PR team in the past but not the engineers.
Who’s the swamp-germany now eh?
Spirited Away
The problem and one of the solutions in one picture.
Good it decided to phase out nuclear power plants as another Fukushima could’ve happened!
Ah, Germanys use of coal is just a guise. In secret it’s actually a plan to install huge drains for qhen the sea rises from burning all that coal.
Take that Germany 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
This is the Deutsch Bahn, db. The most important railway company in western part of the European Union. Just a fun fact
Considering that German trains already have issues with normal weather, I wonder how many days this train is delayed by.
It looks like the germans have their own afsluitdijk now.
That’s [The Sixth Station](https://vimeo.com/84628820) from Spirited away!
Cheers from the North where we have dykes.
At first I though I saw this photo before during the massive floods a few years ago but no, it’s just the same crossing. Fascinating.
Time for a little Raum für den Fluss project at our friendly neighbors to the East.
Germany as flood area for the Netherlands. Wouldn’t it make sense to let the Dutch organise flood defenses in Germany? They have centuries of a head start.
Oh I can see some steel Y-shaped sleepers there. These are uncommon
is this safe?
soaked ground, high weight etc..
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