[8543] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: floods
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter)
Thu Apr 10 10:56:40 1997
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:46:16 -0400
From: Peter <peter@tdi.net>
Reply-To: peter@tdi.net
To: Jeremiah Kristal <jeremiah@corp.idt.net>
CC: Hoisl@aol.com, nanog@merit.edu
Jeremiah Kristal wrote:
>
> 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.
>
And don't forget about heavy water (one extra electron, or was it
neutron?,
per molecule, if I remember my chemistry, and I may not). All other
things
being the same, if the flood must occur with wet water, is it any worse
if it occurs with heavy wet water?
-peter
