X-Message-Number: 21156 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:41:08 +0100 From: Henri Kluytmans <> Subject: Is Cryonics Safe In the Netherlands? Peter Merel wrote : >Holland: >politically and culturally an ideal. Physically it's in danger of >inundation on a regular basis. Do you mean inundation by water ? Uhm ... I do live in the Netherlands, but I'm not aware of any such dangers (anymore). The last time the Netherlands was fludded because of extreme spring-tide was in 1953. Since the 1970s the dikes have been made higher and better, and now it is as good as impossible fur such a thing to happen again. Furthermore, only less than 25% of the Netherlands is below sea-level and is suspectable to this threat. Also we had some fluds by rivers in recent years, but they were very localized to places near to a river. So at least 75% of the Netherlands is in absolutely no danger of being fludded ever. (Unless, in the far future the sea would rise by many meters. But there is still a small hilly part of the Netherlands which could be used in that case.) Politically there is still a law which states that deceased bodies can only be burried, cremated, or exported. So this law would have to be adapted first. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21156