> Probably many cities are vulnerable if you look well past human
> lifespans. How many major world cities would not expect to see
> a significant natural disaster in a 1000 years ?

I know in the UK that there have been serious questions asked
about existing towns and new developments on recognised flood
plains which suffer utterly predictably when there's another "One
in a century" rainstorm

The Netherlands is the obvious problem-solution example

Although it's all relative. In 1667, the Dutch invaded and occupied
the Isle Of Sheppey, a low-lying island in the Thames estuary. They
abandoned it soon after, suffering from altitude sickness

Joe
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