After the flood disaster in New Orleans BBC TV and radio reporter and cameraman Mike Donkin investigates the Dutch protection against flooding and the future dangers the low lying delta might face from the sea and its rivers.
He visits the Flood 1953 Museum in the south west province Zeeland and portrays the founder of the museum and about the disastrous floods in 1953 she experienced as a young girl. He interviews a so called Dijkgraaf, a chair of the water board in Rotterdam about the flood dangers the harbour city faces and what they do to protect the city.
For the reportage Mike also visits the University of Delft and interviews a professor in hydraulics about how well the Dutch are protected against floods and for how long. He also portrays an inhabitant of an amphibious house along one of the Dutch rivers, that floats when the water level in the river is rising, while a huge concrete pole holds the house in place.
Last but not least Mike Donkin films the Delta Works that were constructed after the flood disaster in 1953. He films the enormous Oosterschelde Barrier that protects the south west province Zeeland, the place where the flood disaster in 1953 took place.
For this reportage Featurez gave advice, did the research, set-up and planning of the filming, booked a rental car and did the driving, accompanied the filming, did some of the interviews and translations.