Posted on 11/13/2019 8:08:14 PM PST by caww
The historic squares of Venice were left deep underwater on Wednesday after most of the tourist mecca was inundated by the second-highest levels of flooding ever recorded, sending water into the historic basilica as more bad weather is in the forecast.
...more than 85% of the city was flooded, with water overtaking the famed St. Mark's Basilica, raising new concerns over damage to the mosaics and other artworks.
Brugnaro, who described the situation as dramatic, said he would declare a disaster zone and ask the government to call a state of emergency.
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Built on lagoon sand, Venice is sinking and flood will only get worse. New Orleans is another example of a place that will be reclaimed by water, as well as much of Holland.
Note to self: don’t live at or below sea level near the sea.
Didn’t Obama just purchase a multi million dollar beach front residence?
Venice? Isn’t that the city the Italians built on a lagoon and which has been disposing of garbage and human waste into the canals for centuries?
The Ms. and I were there in June. It is a very beautiful city. And very sad to see now...
Um...isn't Venice usually...no, never mind.
Has anyone blamed global warming yet?
Oh that’s sure to come.....but Venice has been going down hill for a long time......this will ruin their tourist trade for awhile.
Probably, but that’s his problem, not mine. :^)
Don’t you just hate global warming, that’s causing all this flooding? /S
That’s right....they know it’s sinking too but with little if any options to stop it.
Smiling because people just don’t consider that. I have fam ily in Florida who choose their home ‘above the city’ because they know Hurricans bring high water. Sure enough a bad one hit and flooded the city but they were safe and dry..and well prepared.
How sad.
Well Venice and most of these low level places have been sinking for decades....they forget land moves.
Yes in Martha’s Vineyard....where “white people run away from blacks” as Michelle said.
Subsidence can suck at times!
So they have a Democrat Party putting everything and everybody under water like us?
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