Re: floating houses

"Gil Faver" <Rowdy'sboss@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> "Farm1" <please@askifyouwannaknow> wrote in message
> > "Gil Faver" <Rowdy'sboss@xxxxxx> wrote in
> >
> > > we've had houseboats on San Francisco Bay for decades.
> >
> > But the houses that the Ducth are building aren't
> houseboats or anything
> > like a houseboat and that is very clear if you read the
> article for which
> > Janet gives a cite. The Dutch are building houses, which
> will, if there is
> > an inundation, float, then when the flood/inundation
> disappears, will then
> > settle right back into the same position.
>
> "The clapboard superstructure, meanwhile, is light and
> boat-like."
>
> "Elsewhere, Ooms Avenhorn, a firm of houseboat builders, and
> architects OX Universal Studio are planning to build a
> floating neighbourhood at Leeuwarden."
>
> they are not much different than houseboats, but they settle
> down on the ground when not inundated. I've seen houseboats
> sitting on the mud at low tide.
>
> amphibious houses are a fine idea, just not revolutionary.

Aaaah, clearly you do realise that they aren't houseboats. Your prior post
made it sound like you thought that they were houseboats.


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