I cannot speak for the Dutch, since I live here in the United States. The question begs to be asked: If the US Government knew about a disaster of unequalled scale where about to strike and there was nothing that could be done to prevent it.......would they tell us.....?

I would have to say......no. They would not want the panic, rioting, general upheaval as they took cover undergound to save themselves.

Take for example, whenever an astroid comes close to earth.....in general they tell us about it two or three days after it misses......never before.

I am getting the feeling they really don't care about me......I am saddened..........

This is Holland, we don't lose power and it doesn't get that cold!

Isn't Holland also one of the primary forces behind seed-banking? I know the US has a bank vault at the pole, but have heard Holland's is more comprehensive and was first gov. to start the process.

Also, was there not some info recently about a Holland gov. official talking about Holland's disaster facilities and what a large percentage of their population the gov. could shleter long-term? And then a scandal surrounding that official's statement/warning?

... I think there is some math here that merits a harder look. Dutch math.

Mmm , i would like to see some kind of sourc for this, not only the blog in the OP.

I live in holland and listen a lot to the radio, i have no tv, and i have not heard this advertisement yet.

Can any other dutch person confirm this advertisement as real before i start thinking of stocking up some food

[edit on 30-11-2008 by jaamaan]

Wow, good find, Fox TV? Not the best advert! Thanks anyway.

you never know what's gonna happen. I think the Dutch govt. is just being prudent. It sounds like a good initative on their part.

Not only does the dutch government broadcast these adds quite frequently, but not long ago we had a couple of flood-drills, where I live, that made me re-think the reason behind it all.

Fact, most of our country is well below sealevel, so it is only logical we prepare ourselves for floods and such. But as long as I can remember we allready have a good working (sirene) warning system, wich is tested every first monday of the month precisly at 12:00hrs. When this system goes off on any other day, we dutchmen know we have to close all our windows and switch on our radio and/or TV so that we may be informed. We dutch are verry much aware of the water, our biggest potential threat. But why all the extra fuzz?

It is hard to say whether the government is building awareness, or is actually trying to warn us about impending danger But to me it looks like they know and expect something, we citizens don't. Never mind my own personal gut-feeling that something dramatic is not far from happening.

Maybe it is all done to create some fear, so that we go along with all sorts of measures imposed on us, as docile sheep.

Either way, imo there's more to it then meets the eye.

You say this is the dutch gov't warning the people.

I don't know how radio works there - is it public funding and therefore the commerical was from the gov't or was this a commercial like we have in the USA - a Capitalist commercial - selling a product?