Why The Netherlands Isn't Flooding (Anymore)

How could such a small country construct one of the most advanced flood defences?
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General information:
watersnoodmuseum.nl
Construction of the Delta Works: geschiedenisvanzuidholland.nl...
www.deltawerken.com/Deltaworks...
www.water-technology.net/proj...
www.deltawerken.com/De-Deltawe...
Hollandsche IJsselkering (Algerakering): www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/...
Rescue of dike by ship: nietbangvoorwater.info/zuid-h...
Footage of the floods and Dutch parliament: www.openbeelden.nl/media/26368
Dutch GDP in 2019 in US Dollars: www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/...
If you want to visit: www.holland.com/global/touris...

[@HistoryScope]

This video has more jokes than any other of my videos so far. Please let me know if you liked it or whether you think it detracts from the video as a whole? Feedback, as always, is highly appreciated!

[@boitheboi8031]

the frequent jokes made it better imo

[@karliskorlass196]

The Belgian road at 8:58 looks like an average Latvian road.

[@Jake-rm4be]

History Scope I like the jokes it was a good mix between being factual and have comedic relief. Overall one of your better videos thank you for making good factual non click baity videos

[@MirageGSM]

Don't know if you know the "Oversimplified" channel... More jokes certainly don't hurt :-)

[@The_Lidless_Eye]

i am belgain ...... well that road is in the middle of nowhere so that's why it's bad

[@jorispoels3183]

People from new Zeeland watching this realising they've found old Zeeland

[@sarilimanto854]

Actually it's Zeeland, but yeah, good enough

[@HIHaiki]

Also people from new should learn from Zealanders that ots possible to build a bridge from North to South islands ...see what Netherlands can achieve and remember everything is possible

[@3dot88]

@@HIHaiki nah we're good.... Keep the gap 😃👍

[@michaellee2387]

@@sarilimanto854 Darn! U beat me to it Joe.

[@HIHaiki]

@@michaellee2387 yeah you must be from south I lived in NZ for a while its interesting to cross with a ferry but having a bridge will make things way better for South islands ! I'm sure Wellington will be larger than Auckland if that happens

[@Teutonius88]

"And you know it is Dutch, BECAUSE THERE IS A BICYCLE ON THE SHIP!!!" 😂😂😂

[@yvonnecampbell7036]

XD

[@duncanedwards7840]

😀✌

[@jebstewart666]

Yup. That was a good one! Better still was the bike seen in the smaller damns historical film section. And that made me think of looking for more bikes...and thus a drinking game emerged....😉🥴😊

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Even more Dutch if it has a windmill

[@MaritsView]

Ah, the country where there are more bicycles than people. 🤣

[@sven518-7]

A lot of people think that we're high but we are actually pretty low!

[@HistoryScope]

I'm high

[@banaroklionrage9536]

well....some escape the lows by going high.

[@SaneSally]

There are multiple reasons why we're (generally speaking) very tall XD

[@Soken50]

@@SaneSally Is one of them an evolutionary adaptation to flooding taking away the vertically challenged ?

[@SaneSally]

@@Soken50 Uhm excuse me?

[@oxycuntin2059]

north sea: *exists* Dutch: ITS FREE REAL ESTATE

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Then, everything changed when the North Sea attacked

[@tyvamakes5226]

"But...in the north, behind the safety of the Afsluitdijk, there was no damage. Nobody died. Nobody's home was destroyed. And no land was flooded." -History Scope

[@sven518-7]

Only the afsluitdijk, master of dijken, could stop them.

[@Yora21]

You must construct additional pylons.

[@blobfish5013]

Avery the Cuban-American Why are you comenting on Every single video i watch !!

[@Beetless]

Avery the Cuban-American fire nation

[@mongislort6440]

This video must have taken FOREVER to create, all those animations and contextual(!) pictures in a KZbin video. I'm glad KZbin algorithm finally recommended something nice this time, keep it up!

[@MicMokum]

The Dutch: having a history of fighting the sea for centuries. Mongis: this video must have taken a long time.

[@mongislort6440]

@@MicMokum I'm sorry if my comment insulted you

[@gfr9109]

@@MicMokum What exactly is your point here?

[@MicMokum]

@@gfr9109 The effort of making a video comes nowhere close to the continues effort of fighting the sea.

[@lily_littleangel]

@@MicMokum The benefits of the continues efforts of fighting the sea come nowhere close to the benefits of this video.

[@Danosta]

Like the Dutch Prime minister always says, The Dutch are a superpower in pocket size!

[@mickeydew1896]

And wear capes & tights when we flee the scene towards or safety

[@Soken50]

@@Smellslikenarcspirit What a fitting name for creating such a plan.

[@Soken50]

@@Smellslikenarcspirit If it is real then why use the speculative ? (would, be, would give, when, ... ) anyway it was just a dumb joke on your handle.

[@Soken50]

@@Smellslikenarcspirit whatever, it was a joke, you clearly care too much to go past it.

[@Nicky_TM]

I mean we are such a small country and yet the second biggest exporter in the world (Might be import im not sure my memory is fuzzy)

[@cain4586]

I'm still shocked that a channel this good has not even 100k subscribers, truly an under appreciated channel for all the work put in these videos

[@dimrrider9133]

it has more than 800 of m now :)

[@kittusteele5924]

It has 121k now

[@quintiax]

All your memes about Belgian infastructure caused our dysfunctional government to start massive infastructure works, now we got jams from Antwerp to Brussels. Thanks lol.

[@TheSuperhoden]

Was in België gistere (dinsdag), 2 motoragenten blokkeerde al het verkeer rond de ring van Antwerpen. Giga opstopping als gevolg 🤦‍♂️

[@Valandix]

@@TheSuperhoden You need to see how fuck Walloon brabant to Brussels or Arlon to Luxemburg is really fucked up. Anyway, at least we don't pay huga amount of money to some private companies in order to take the highway like in Trashfrance

[@fibonaccisusan]

@@Valandix I can independently confirm this. Flew into Brussels airport a while ago and driving from there to the Dutch border took longer than flying from New York to Brussels. Road work everywhere.

[@statusquo5323]

Before there were no jams because traffic was impossible.

[@Valandix]

@@fibonaccisusan Yeah the unfinished road work sites are a common issue both in the Communal/Federal levels, since the 90-2000's we are trying to renovate our roads, but we are using the cheapest materials and the quality of the roads depends by how each private companies do their works, sometime the time of renovation and constructions can be really quick (Weeks), sometimes horrendously long. But we compensate that by having a great train networks (Even if they're sometimes late) really cheap and extensive; And since the NS (Dutch train company) and the SNCB are doing great work together, that's how we can easily travel around the Benelux

[@misophoniq]

@6:10 I am Dutch and read a lot of stories about "the flood", but never before heard about this ship being used to "plug the hole". Quite an interesting story. Thanks!

[@tinyme2139]

Misophoniq ga eens in het watersnood museum kijken , zeer indrukwekkend !!

[@ffarkasm]

1:38 But then everything changed when THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED.

[@DarthNoox]

COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE

[@mfhulskemper]

Concert is tomorrooooooooooow!!!!!

[@johndocherty2711]

I don't follow? Is that why you say holland is built on poles?

[@HistoryScope]

Netherlands*

[@AGDinCA]

"We've come full Delta." Absolute gold!

[@grey3247]

Sea: *exists* The Dutch: Vecht met mij, maat!

[@saltysovet]

Sea: "ok" *floods Netherlands* "is that wat u wanted huh?!"

[@saltysovet]

Nederland is denk ik safe van de zee

[@roydal1052]

@@saltysovet Ik denk het ook, gwoon hogere dammen maken ofzo

[@saltysovet]

@@roydal1052 ja

[@tonychocolony882]

Roydal Cubing ja of er achter bouwen nog meer dijken

[@lisaschuster9187]

US school children all read the story of the Dutch flood of ‘53, and the part that haunts me still is when a farmer goes out to his barn at night and hears breaking wavelets... The two major tsunamis of ‘04 and ‘11 had the decency to arrive in daylight when everyone was dressed and could see.

[@CarthagoMike]

Maas river: _"I am about to end this man's whole career"_

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

History Scope: Dutch Memers: *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@Jim-lg8sf]

Kim Jong-un Kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen.

[@tyvamakes5226]

@@Jim-lg8sf Maar PEPERnoten wel

[@Airborne637]

Z E G M A K K E R

[@namlin]

GE is used on a *V O O L T O O I D - D E E L W O O R D* so yah

[@woutertje026]

Hopelijk wordt ik vandaag niet G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@DarthNoox]

Sea: *exists* Dutch: *G E K O L O N I S E E R D !*

[@Airborne637]

NEVER GEKOLONISEERD

[@sunmiswashingmachine2753]

jammer dat de zee geen specerijen geeft

[@whiteeyedshadow8423]

@@Airborne637 true

[@GabberPinda]

@@sunmiswashingmachine2753 die kwamen via de Noordzee wel het land binnen 😎

[@GabberPinda]

@@Airborne637 Jawel want daardoor hebben we de 80 jarige oorlog door gewonnen van de Spanjaarden

[@degriffon]

This video has changed my day. From reading about the riots and general collapse that seems to be occuring in America to seeing this video which outlines the potential of what humanity can achieve, it has made this day better for me. Thank you

[@ok-tr1nw]

Cause water evaporates in the nether

[@HistoryScope]

I was waiting for the first minecraft joke! :D

[@cherrydragon3120]

oh wow XD that made my day as a dutch person hahaha

[@rickkode]

I live in that village where the ship stopped the flood

[@ffarkasm]

12:49 Didn't see that one coming.

[@NoNameAtAll2]

sea*

[@TanerGobuluk]

I worked for RD Shell in a few mega projects. Those Dutch are excellent engineers. When they design something, they don't leave ıt to chance. They always do magnificent engineering works. I also admire their culture.

[@faxyeagle1573]

It's great that you like Dutch culture, it's a compliment I suppose (I am Dutch). However, although Shell is indeed a very successful Dutch company, it is one of the most evil and destructive companies out there so in that instance, please don't think that just because they are Dutch (and you like the Dutch) that they are a respectable company! Sorry for the rant, I just felt Shell came off as too positive in your comment. I myself don't even know 1% of the crap Shell is doing I'm sure, but already I have enough examples.

[@matthewpollock9685]

6:29 Wow! What an amazing hero!!!

[@allws9683]

I never heard about this story !!! A real 'Hansje Brinkers' . I googled the skipper's name: Arie Evegroen and his ship 'De twee gebroeders at Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel.

[@Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz]

"While a storm like the one in 53 hasn't hit the Netherlands since..." *On the next episode of 2020* :

[@Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz]

I AM VER VERY SORRY

[@BleuNoirProductions]

The windmills on Mars had me laughing out loud. Great video!

[@deadset15-hrvavik17]

Can we all appreciate how addictive it is to say Dijk?

[@PvdBMr]

All thanks to Virgil van! #hesdutchnumber4

[@deadset15-hrvavik17]

Peter van den Brink haha yes he is a great player. Liverpool for the title!

[@EarthsFury]

Love the video, and your others

[@kaibroeking9968]

11:46 " So the government decided to throw a bunch of money at some engineers." * one single Gulden coin hits worker in the face *

[@noodle_boy]

Great video! Really an underrated channel especially with all the animating you do.

[@Bandit-Darville]

The Dutch throwing a bunch of money visualized with a single coin is as about as Dutch as it gets.

[@samarendramh1534]

Your channel is the proof that strong and good narration skills can outwit fancy graphics, visuals and music. Please keep doing the great work!

[@mav8535]

My reaction to this? Dam.

[@HistoryScope]

Get out! :D

[@Loreman72]

Ba-doom, ksshhhh!

[@liamweaver2944]

Booooooooo!

[@Nizaura]

Really nice work with your videos. I just finished watching your series on Dutch water infrastructure. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos like these. I suppose the dry humour is fully appropriate when wanting to prevent floods.

[@randhirsookdeo4578]

I just came across your channel, i found this video to be very informative. Thank you for the work you have put in towards making it. You have a new subscriber.

[@grabitz]

I normally don't watch videos like this but yea you kept me watching it all. Good job.

[@theonlyjacknicole]

"...2 years gathering full data.." *while showing Data* GENIUS

[@ralphrosenblatt]

Now I know why *Amsterdam* and *Rotterdam* was called like that.

[@anglerfish61]

yep, its a dam in the Amstel and the Rotte river that gave the city's their name

[@dimrrider9133]

@@anglerfish61 same as Breda from the river brede A

[@keycrafter7471]

History Scope: "Then, everything changed when the North Sea attacked" Me: Sounds similar where have i heard that?

[@HistoryScope]

Avatar The Last Airbender :)

[@keycrafter7471]

@@HistoryScope yes :)

[@vincivedivicilextalionas4036]

_Everything changed when the FIRE NATION attacked_ Is now available on Netflix :)

[@MDMAx]

Your vids are so dope. Ty for making them!

[@Aranimda]

Every year, when there are stormy winds, the Dutch hold a cycling competition to cycle 8.5 km against the wind over the bridge deck of the Oosterchelde storm surge barrier. (NK Tegenwindfietsen) This on a standard upright single-speed bicycle.

[@Kai-tm8lx]

when water is discovered on mars: The dutch: uh oh

[@Ok-oj5vu]

We will send a windmill to Mars to pump the water away

[@cameramans3026]

its free real estate

[@Weisior]

Such an impressive project! Thank you for making this documentary.

[@palavrashenrique]

This is an amazing video. Very well explained, with accessible language and not excessively serious. Great job!!!

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

In the cold war, the USA was fighting communism, while the Netherlands was fighting the water.

[@sanniepstein4835]

All that money liberated from defense. Send some tulips to the US.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@sanniepstein4835 we do to Canada

[@royroo4751]

Jokes aside, this is a dam well explained video. Love it

[@ThrowerTimothy]

Absolutely brilliant video 👏 - this gave great insight into something that was on the edge of my consciousness, but filled in the gaps in my knowledge

[@cdemr]

I really liked this video, I found it entertaining and informative ! From Namur, Belgium. (and roads are usually slicker that the one you showed, excepted in some rare countryside places)

[@FTrainProductions]

I heard a saying: "God created the world, but the Dutch created The Netherlands" or something like that

[@mickeydew1896]

That's correct! And we don't take shit from no-one in our own country!!

[@renzo2able]

its actualy like this "God created the world, but the dutch created flevoland"

[@Coletje]

@@renzo2able Not actually true, it's 'God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.' since it's not just Flevoland that we created. Way before Flevoland was made, the windmills in the past centuries have pumped out the water from the polders and created farmland out of lakes and river deltas, creating, in effect, more land. The saying was applicable long before Flevoland was even thought of :)

[@112Ishaan]

Danny Treffers oh nee

[@KootFloris]

@@Coletje Very true what she says. F train, zoom in on North-Holland on Google Maps and check roads with very straight lines, surrounded by curved roads. All those areas used to be swamp or sea, and are now ancient polders.

[@carmenvalentic6603]

Loved the video! I'm from Western Canada. The "lower mainland" of British Columbia (Metro Vancouver and lower Fraser Valley) and the major routes leading into it experienced disastrous slides and floods back on Sunday, November 14 to the 15th. Those routes were destroyed in key places. Floods resulted in loss of animal life, destruction of farms, and people are cut off from help by land. The mud slides also led to a few deaths. A whole town, Merritt, was completely evacuated (it's out of the lower mainland but on the route into Vancouver). I don't live there now but I wondered about what they can do to ensure this doesn't happen again (happened back in 1990 🙄). I watched your video to refresh my memory as to how ingenious the people of The Netherlands are especially when it comes to handling water and its potential to cause disaster. I wasn't disappointed. 🙂 I think this province needs to send its engineers to The Netherlands to learn from the master dam builders.

[@freddyferkel]

This was fun to watch and informative as f... as well. Good work, keep going!

[@stevejohnson1685]

I lived in the Netherlands (in Breda) for six months in 2007, and enjoyed every minute of it. I got to visit all over Nord Brabant and neighoring regions, and was extremely impressed. However, no one would let me try to practice my Dutch speaking. Everyone kept saying "there are only 4 million of us, and a billion English speakers. It makes much more sense for us to learn English than for you to learn Dutch!" Thank you, my friends and neighbors in Breda!

[@SatumangoTheGreat]

Well, those Dutch people you spoke with might be proficient in English, but counting? There are around 17.3 million people in the Netherlands and most of them speak Dutch, so...

[@AudieHolland]

Wow, that skipper was an unsung hero of the 'Watersnoodramp (1953).'

[@MegaBrendanS]

IDK why but I gave you an irl thumbs up when you said "We've gone full Delta".

[@paulocalinao2267]

Alternative title: how the dutch manage to win using the low-ground

[@paulocalinao2267]

Nice

[@Ahmed-ii7up]

Did you just replied to your own comment? 😂

[@MyatHtoo]

thank you it was a real learning experience for me... I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 of the vids!!!

[@tjitse3916]

Funny animation, informative and nice dutch-related humor (like the bike references). Me, as a Dutch historian, is loving this shit.

[@VolpeWhereAreYou]

Great video brother, now the name in Spanish "paises bajo" makes sense

[@lodewijkhoogstraaten1147]

Leuk gemonteerd & geanimeerd en duidelijk uitgelegd! lekker bezig kerel :)

[@randysem]

A better title would be, Why the Netherlands isn't Flooding at This Time.

[@HistoryScope]

Seeing as it flooded for millennia and stopped a few decades ago... no, it wouldn't be a better title.

[@randysem]

@@HistoryScope seeing as we will be flooded again in one or two centuries if we don't change our ways, I disagree.

[@henkoosterink8744]

@@randysem Well in the US you have enough problems to deal with. We will survive.

[@randysem]

@@henkoosterink8744 I agree the US has many issues. However I don't see how it's on me to deal with them as I am Dutch, not American. As for the latter part of your comment. While I hope we will survive as a people and a country we cannot rest on our laurels. To secure our coastline and the West of the country with melting ice caps a much more comprehensive and ambitious approach is needed. If we want to keep Rotterdam, Delft, Gouda, The Hague, Leiden, Amsterdam and Haarlem we need plans for a much higher North Sea than we have now, and we need to get on that now. Or right after the pandemic.

[@bubgel-1480]

@@randysem didn't you hear about the newest plans that were made in the Netherlands. There is a plan to make a new dam between Scotland and Norway and close of the channel between England and France. This way they can control the rising sea levels of countries around the north- and eastsea. The cost calculations are already made and it is a lot cheaper than when all countries around there will strengthen their fluid defences.

[@dimatha7]

Amazing, I am lucky that have visited the Delta Project, what a beautiful country and friendly people!

[@intissar788]

Dimitrios Athanasiou Yay im friendly!

[@kiboxgmz]

Thankyou for calling us friendly , but you probably have a great country to

[@dimatha7]

@@kiboxgmz sadly not, country landscape yes, but people...

[@KootFloris]

@@dimatha7 You're Greek? I have great friends there, actually in many countries. Perhaps you should change your friend circle? All countries have great people, different, but great. I understand corruption, criminals and desperate poverty can change that. And even then, some will collaborate to make it work, others become terrible. I have dear friends on Rhodes (saw you've been there, or live there) and they are wonderful. :)

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

a truely impressive piece of ingenuity all things considered, nothing that would impress aliens from another galaxy but its still remarkable how far we are willing to go to do things i love it

[@Shayah-01]

Great video, it was very informative. Good job 👍

[@mikeunum]

15:12 there it starts the story. I'm one of the three main software engineers who has worked on it. Our company had delivered the automation control system which is still in place and works same as in the first year. We the dutch people are very proud of it. I showed my kids what i had working on three years ago when they were old enough to understand all the work behind it. Many people were involved in this and it is still the art of technic. So Amercia, we are here to help out in Florida. Ask us again...

[@happytobeme1983]

Here in Cape Town, South Africa, our Dutch ancestors pushed the ocean 2kms back from the Castle of Good Hope which they built in the 17th century.....some more info: The Castle of Good Hope (Dutch: Kasteel de Goede Hoop; Afrikaans: Kasteel die Goeie Hoop) known locally as the Castle[1] or Cape Town Castle[2] is a bastion fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay, following land reclamation the fort is now located inland.[3][4] In 1936 the Castle was declared a historical monument (now a provincial heritage site) and following restorations in the 1980s it is considered the best preserved example of a Dutch East India Company fort.[5]

[@surendranauth7147]

Hello I was born in England and really enjoyed your video and talk about Dams, Dykes, Canals etc. Engineering on how to protect a country from the ocean etc is fascinating. My Parents are from the former British Colony of Guiana now Guyana. (South America). Guyana is below sea level and during the Dutch occupation build many sea defences Polders and canals to protect Guiana.lasted 200 years. However it is in dire need of repair and updating. The Guyanese engineers are not "curing" the problem but fixing it. The seawall breached many times and the force of the Atlantic takes hold caused flooding. The Dutch Engineers are THE best in the world for sea defence and land reclamation. Guyana has plenty Koker and 215miles of seawall. Instead of building fancy hotels and expect the Chinese to do sea defence and cut corners and last 50 years and short lived and cost more.The Government of Guyana needs to think ahead. When I was in Guyana 2018 I said to many people and retired Engineers if you want sea defence and all canals done seek the experts from the Netherlands. Nowhere else. I think Suriname sea defence is very good too. Please do more videos on Sea defence and how to maintain canals and kokers working properly. Thank you.

[@jvcolddayinhell2761]

My month is now complete now I get to watch a video from one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@margretnickman4922]

I just love the way describe the history and engineering yet interesting documentary for 17.42 minutes. Good job 👍

[@AntsEyeViewOfficial]

OMGGG The pylons totally cracked me up 😂🤣🤣 (Starcraft) - I’m subscribing for just this reason

[@Snowwie88]

Next time I get a whole other perspective when buying a Mars bar in the supermarket. I never realized we Dutch are so 'rich' that even with a fraction of our GDP we could go to Mars.... :-)

[@HistoryScope]

Well, many countries have that amount of resources. Going to the moon costed about 150 billion dollars in today's money. So most countries can go to the moon if they decided they really wanted to.

[@SShadyJess]

History Scope lets go to Mars and plant a VOC flag and K O L O N I S E E R Mars before Elon can

[@Loreman72]

@@SShadyJess Well, the surface is already orange. Then they'd build a canal and a windmill so it looks more like home... Like they did in Cape Town.

[@Snowwie88]

@@HistoryScope Yes, but with the eminent threat of our country being flooded due to sea level rising it's time we create New Amsterdam 2, as reference to the Dutch settlers who founded New Amsterdam, now knows as New York. :-)

[@michaelraglin9387]

This dude is funny! I stopped what I was doing and subscribed to the channel. Keep it up!!

[@user-ep9tp4sf8c]

Super cool video! Like this approach with visualising, jokes and clarification.

[@ShaizaShamim]

I wish Bangladesh (where my parents are from) could have a system like this.

[@HistoryScope]

Omg. Yes! So much yes! The Netherlands was rich so they could afford to not flood. Bangladesh should invest in a similar system so it can get all the advantages of living in a river delta without all the hardships. While researching this and the previous videos on the Dutch waterworks, I was reminded that if Bangladesh or Indonesia (their capital is slowly sinking into the sea) or other flood-prone countries could have benefited from a similar investment if they had the money at the time. It's really quite sad to see such a big difference between two countries with a similar geography. Bangladesh could easily become the breadbasket of Asia of only it was able to develop like the Netherlands did.

[@ShaizaShamim]

@@HistoryScope Thanks so much for the reply.

[@vik5999]

that's not possible because of the burden of islam bangladesh is carrying.

[@kylethomas9130]

There's a lot of stuff to learn from Dutch engineering.

[@MaritsView]

@@HistoryScope Indonesia needs help from The Netherlands in my opinion. The Netherlands was there for a long time. Indonesia needs protection not only from flooding from cyclones (hurricanes, storms, high tides, surges) but also from tsunami's from massive landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions) There are mountains no dunes. The ocean flows right in. It's heartbreaking. The other countries hit by the tsunami in 2004 also need a helping hand. 2004 was a very, very heartbreaking year, recently in 2018 there were two tsunami's again one from a 7.5 quake and another from an volcanic eruption. Even though natural disasters are so devastating and cause so much sadness and pain, there is something about natural disasters that l want to learn. I have been studying in them for years. Learning how a tsunami act, what it does how it's caused and what to do. Same with earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, asteriods, meteor showers, volcanoes, so much to learn, yet so scary.

[@vanderdole02]

We choose not to fly to the Moon, but to do the other thing….build our country...

[@Coletje]

The moon wants to fly to us.

[@eknaap8800]

Very good! 👌

[@NorybDrol82]

You also chose to tackle COVID-19. Us Americans chose to keep Starbucks open.

[@Bananaman-hk6qw]

@@Coletje wtf lol

[@Grampa_Swood]

Awesome video, as always

[@Petra44YT]

Hey, I never thought this videos was going to be so interesting! Just needed something to watch/ listen to while doing yoga. It is, though.

[@crystalwolcott4744]

I love that "Everything changed when _______ attacked" is pretty much common parlance at this point. lol. Like I know he's making a reference, but if I didn't get the reference I'd still know it by osmosis. Truly a transcendent meme.

[@HistoryScope]

I've actually written that phrase in several videos on accident and edited it out later because people would assume I was meming on purpose :D

[@AdityaMehendale]

"Build more pylons" Aaaaaahahaha geweldig :)

[@sjones8738]

Great video. Outstanding opportunity for engineers to learn something in areas that have this similar problem.

[@tiaxanderson9725]

"The sea needed just a single night to prove how powerless humanity is" If you go to the northern part of the artificial island where they CONSTRUCTED ADDITIONAL PYLONS there's a small stone slab. Left there as a monument. The monument has the short poem: "Hier gaan over het tij; de maand, de wind, en wij" which loosely translates to "Here rules over the tides; the Moon, the wind, and us".

[@matheuspaesdesouza]

17:08 Nice touch!

[@Altaranalt]

I love the graphics used in this video.

[@itsjo5085]

This channel is way to underrated

[@rizalahmad7077]

Good work man, keep making good videos👍👍

[@HistoryScope]

Will do!

[@victor1945]

Now I want to see the Dutch colonize Mars. If anyone can make that place livable it's the Dutch.

[@heavierthanlight7173]

The Dutch are smart with water... wonder if they could bend sand too...?

[@DoggoDutchman]

Elon musk is dutch :/

[@victor1945]

@@DoggoDutchman oh yeah he's from South Africa

[@DoggoDutchman]

Yep

[@Dylan-ze6hw]

Guardian Lion keep telling yourself that

[@thej8330]

*laughs in under sea level*

[@HistoryScope]

The Commander Keen 4 under water level still freaks me out when I think about it

[@S0meOne420]

altijd leuk om er meer over te weten xD

[@marxckatyana9357]

Informative & Nice video game references 😀

[@redravenriot3650]

7:30 when your battery runs out, raising the barriers and causing (freddy) the water to enter (your office) your home

[@Amyante]

Fixing a dam by RAMMING IT Most WH40k solution i've heard so far :P

[@AbcXyz-hz9jm]

Fascinating! Thank you for this video.

[@jjv1255]

Ik ben zelf Nederlands, maar ik ben in deze video in een keer veel meer te weten gekomen over de Delta werken. I am Dutch, but with this video I still learned more about the Delta Works!

[@ScenicFlyer4]

1:19 We did it bois. We found old zealand

[@SarJulem]

Leaving a like, heard that an executor needed more pylons.

[@tomkelley244]

Avery, as I am 79 years old I recall the damage to The Netherlands in 1953. One thing in particular was the labor provided by United States Army soldiers who were based in Europe as part of the NATO force. I remember that the Dutch government simply did not have funds to pay them, but did supply packages of cigarettes and food to those workers. It was all they could do. Thanks enough.

[@leegenix]

Lovely video. I have always been fascinated by The Dutch people and their engineering skills. I love the Bad Ass engineers you mentioned as well. Eugene

[@buggi_zak]

Now this is epic

[@groetjesuitdehel]

This popped into my recommended and I only needed one second to notice that you're also Dutch

[@fredsavage4925]

entertaining and thorough. liked this video alot.

[@V4zz33]

Brilliant stuff!