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Re: floods

  • From: Peter
  • Date: Thu Apr 10 10:46:01 1997 
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

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