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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (5112)	8/23/2002 5:23:20 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

I frequently work with German Engineers from Dresden and e-mail them every week. The indication is that the flood estimates are high and mixed with politics. The Soviets kept the center of Dresden fenced off and in ruins for 50 years. This means that there was no new buildings to be flooded. The restored medival buildings were the remains of massive stone and brick fortresses that survived the firebombing and 50 years of neglect. Sure a lot of new paint and carpets got ruined as well as retrofit wiring, but there is nothing like the destruction that a flood causes to "modern" buildings. From the end of WWII until a dozen years ago all construction was on the hills surrounding the city center. Since the fall of the wall the new factories are there too (since that is where the roads and infrastructure was). In short, the stuff that really gets hurt by a flood is on the high ground while the museums and antique shops were what was flooded. TP