Ripristino delle dighe in terra di New Orleans distrutte

Ripristino delle dighe in terra di New Orleans distrutte

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Ripristino delle dighe in terra di New Orleans distrutte dall’uragano Katrina
----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Rachmeler
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: Sheer strength increases on levees and dikes in the Southeastern US
Hello Claudio,
I am writing to you to ask a favor. I received your software from Dick and found it to be very interesting. I am currently
working on a problem that is of national importance in the US and I need your help.
In August and September this year, two hurricanes hit the Gulf of Mexico US coastal area and severely damaged a major
US city, New Orleans... Hurricane Katrina then Hurricane Rita completed flooded the city because the dikes and leeves
failed and the floods caused more than 100 billion dollars of damage.
The US Army Corps of Engineers built the system of dikes and levees and is charged with their maintenance as well …
Their headquarters here in Washington DC wants us to present to their geotechnical engineers our ideas on a solution that
will increase the strength of newly constructed levees and change their specifications so that vetiver can be introduced all
along the entire system in the South eastern US…
Your software could be very important to us as a tool to predict the increase in sheer strength.
There is a potential here to completely revise the way in which flood control structures are built in the US combining
vetiver hedges with conventional engineered structures…
Kind regards Dale
-Dale Rachmeler, Ph.D.
President and Coordinator
The Vetiver Network
106 Denver Road
Silver Spring Md. 20910, USA
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vetiver.org
Tel: 301-920-1657; cell: 301-768-5556
www.pratiarmati.it
I look forward to your advice and comments.