[8542] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: floods
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremiah Kristal)
Thu Apr 10 10:34:04 1997
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:15:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeremiah Kristal <jeremiah@corp.idt.net>
To: Bill Becker <bbecker@crispy.iconn.net>
cc: Wolfgang Henke <wolfgang@whnet.com>, Hoisl@aol.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970410084903.26018A-100000@crispy.iconn.net>
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Bill Becker wrote:
>
> On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Wolfgang Henke wrote:
>
> > > I am doing a project for school and I was wondering if you could answer my
> > > question. What can be done to reduce the amount of flood damage? Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > Invent dry water.
>
> The precise term is dehydrated water, Wolfgang.
>
Actually there is a difference between dry water and dehydrated water.
Dehydrated water is made by removing the moisture from regular water,
while dry water is a man-made chemical that becomes water with the
addition of a suitable wetting agent.
Jeremiah
