Day 1,760: forestall, dyke

Physical damage might be forestalled by investing in protection in properties themselves or in infrastructure.

In the Netherlands a system of dykes, ditches and pumps keeps the country dry;

Global warming is coming for your home

Artwork of the day 
Sheep on a dyke
Anton Mauve
Style: Realism
Genre: animal painting

Word of the day 
forestall: to prevent something from happening by acting first:
dyke: a wall built to prevent the sea or a river from covering an area, or a channel dug to take water away from an area

Quote of the day
“There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or change.”

― Peter Ackroyd, English Music