Northern Germany sinks as well as a result of the ice ages, and we have to rise the dykes on a regular basis.

now consider this famous tv star living in a big bungalow on the sides of river elbe near hamburg. she didn't want to have the higher niveau dyke between her house and the river because of the scenery, so they built a flood wall on the inward side of her estates. So far, so good, there is a whole colony of houses placed between the flood wall and the river. they all have gates which have to be closed on flood alert, in order to protect the inward land. It's their decision, so what? But not this ole crone... when next flood was prognosted she demanded in earnest the gates to be kept open so the water could run into the marches behind the dyke and her house would not get flooded. When community authorities refused this she parked her car in the middle of the flood gate to prevent it from closure...

Rmember, this person is a famous german tv star and likes to be titled "mother of the nation".