--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:45 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > >> > >> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > >> <snip> > >>> Your photos are being stripped out, but I've looked > >>> at the site on Google Earth and agree with you. I tend > >>> to prefer things laid out according to the flow of the > >>> land, not superimposed upon it by some town planner > >>> with a straight edge and a bad case of OCD. :-) > >> > >> Except that the original layout doesn't seem to be > >> "according to the flow of the land." It has its > >> own straight-line grid, just at a different angle. > >> > > > > I just realised something. While Vaj and Barry are certainly > > entitled to their opinions about > > messing with Nature and building cities, singling out a place *IN > > THE NETHERLANDS* > > because it doesn't follow the rest of the "natural" terrain is > > kinda silly... > > > > ...actually it is majorly silly. Ludicrously so. > > > Kind of a silly response since Vlodrop is no where near the sea. >
But the land gets flooded regularly because it is in a flood basin. The dikes along the rivers have failed many times in Limburg, even though it is the hilliest part of the Netherlands. The Maas basin where the province of Limburg sits is very flood-prone. Vlodrop is only a few miles southeast of Roermond and a few miles northeast of Maastricht, both of which are notorious worldwide for flooding and Vlodrop is 25-30 meters lower than Maastricht and only a few meters higher than Roermond. The whole area is drained marshland, as far as I can tell. > Don't get me wrong--E-W and N-S alignments are a good thing IMO. I > have my own home aligned that way, but the home is more in the > tradition of western geomancy. After all, I'm not from India or China. >
