floodsafety

Photos: Thanks to photographer Angela Shoemaker

INVITE!

it is very clear that there is way too much fucking water in holland.

in my land, the government does not require us to learn to swim, but we really like disasters, being in charge of things we know nothing about, and making bad instructional videos. therefore, I will guide a mixed nederlandse and amerikanse group in a flood safety exercise that involves running away from a dike/levee and jumping over irrigation canals/ditches.

nederlandse and amerikanse participants are encouraged to strategize together on ‘best practices’ and naturally, to run and jump over and away from water, also with video cameras and/or audio recorders strapped to you. you will be helping to make a ‘flood safety’ instructional video so that together we can help people – both our countries have already helped all the poor people in third worlds, so we need to help ourselves.

because this is not the third world, there will be bier en snacks, to help yourselves.

belangrijke informatie:

wanneer: Saturday, March 13, 2010, starting at 13:30.

hoe laat: 13:30 t/m (at or before) 16:00. If you need to leave earlier, geen probleem.

waar: along the canal/dike running along the Rotterdamseweg between Rotterdam and Delft, and right outside the kleine village of De Zweth, right here (map).

Routebeschrijving:

Auto: If you want to ride with us, we will meet at 13:00 at the front of Rotterdam CS, by Engels Cafe. The drive is about 15 minutes. EMAIL OR CALL ME if you want in the car with us: morganclevy@gmail.com/+31(0)639892347

Bus: Take bus #40 to stop Halfwege just outside of De Zweth. Walk north (5-7 minutes) along Rotterdamseweg until you see us along the side of the road. The bus arrives and departs twice per hour.

Bike: it’s about a 30 minute bike ride from Rotterdam or from Delft (it’s about halfway in between).

- From Delft, bike south down the west side of TU campus along the Rotterdamseweg, until you see us. If you get to De Zweth, you’ve gone too far, turn around and bike back until you see us.

- From Rotterdam, bike north up the Delftshavenweg-Delftweg-Rotterdamseweg, you should see us a few minutes past De Zweth. If you’re going to go this way and never have before by bike, give me a call because there are a couple twists/turns that might be confusing.

YOU MAY GET WET, so if you care about that – bring some extra clothes, socks, and shoes/boots. Your personal cameras are very welcome.

Questions? hi i am morgan: morganclevy@gmail.com/+31(0)639892347