Venice is Flooding

[acheron]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Well, to be fair they are mostly on stilts, someone must have had lowered all the stilts. I blame global warming.

What I vividly remember about Venice is not its endless canals, or its romantic cobble stone walkways, or its courtyards where locals hangout drinking their afternoon coffees watching the legion of pigeons that feed on the scrums of bread that people throw on the ground, or its awe inspiring cathedrals of antiquity, not even the gondolas with the heart warming voices of the cabana boys, it was the smell.

I love Venice, and it is my favorite place on Earth, but sometimes I'm walking around somewhere, smell an open sewer, and think "ah, smells like Venice!"

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: DarrelSPowers
Man, I hope this city doesn't sink before I get to see it...

On a side note, I saw maps of Boston the other day that showed the actual landmass when the city was founded... 200+ years ago my office was underwater!

It used to confuse the hell out of me trying to reconcile revolutionary war history talking about the Boston Neck etc until I finally saw a map that showed what the city was like in revolutionary times and the amount of land mass that has been added by fill since that time.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: rasczak

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: dr150
Amusing pics.

Shows the Italian "take it in stride" mentality.

We can learn a lot from their attitudes.

I don't know about that, if I'm EVER a business owner and there's water up to my knees (and rising) in my fuckin store. you won't see me smiling in pictures. These people are a little too okay with massive flooding.

That city has been flooding on and off for centuries. i think it's admirable that they are able to keep their cool. i would love to visit that city again.

They have been working on a huge seawall project for 20 years now with the eventual aim of controlling some of this. MOSE project

 

[coldmeat]

I saw a bit about this on the discovery channel. They are building flood gates. It looks like a pretty cool set up. It's not going to be done until 2010 or something though.

edit: was Linflas said

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I saw a bit about this on the discovery channel. They are building flood gates. It looks like a pretty cool set up. It's not going to be done until 2010 or something though.

Probably the same program I saw, there is some series they do about huge construction projects that I think did a program on it. There was another really interesting one about a tunnel that is being built under the Bosphorus.

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I saw a bit about this on the discovery channel. They are building flood gates. It looks like a pretty cool set up. It's not going to be done until 2010 or something though.

Probably the same program I saw, there is some series they do about huge construction projects that I think did a program on it. There was another really interesting one about a tunnel that is being built under the Bosphorus.

It could have been Mega Builders. I watch that all the time.