[Newsbot]

Title: High water floods historic centre of Venice
Category: World
Posted By: Eisensapper
Date: 2008-12-01 08:21:02

[roger-roger]

I really hope no one around here thinks this is due to climate change.

[BartSimpson]

Eisensapper Eisensapper:

I really hope no one around here thinks this is due to climate change.

I don't because this has been happening for a very long time in Venice. It was happening back in the 1960's and National Geographic covered it. Venice gets flooded when there are heavy rains and it also gets flooded due to the historically acknwoledged freak tides of the Adriatic. Being at the head of the Adriatic Venice experiences tidal conditions not unlike that of the Bay of Fundy.

In short, it is not nature that is responsible for Venice flooding, it is poor planning that it at fault for building a low-lying city in a bay that is prone to seasonal and tidal flooding.

[ziggy]

It was flooding when I was there in the early 70's.

[Brenda]

Its has been floodig ever since it was built, and it floods every year. This year a bit more than others. Why is this news again?

[BartSimpson]

ziggy ziggy:

It was flooding when I was there in the early 70's.

Oh, well back then it was caused by global cooling.

[ziggy]

They told us back then it was sinking.

[martin14]

and between the floods and the tides, Venice has been sinking for a long
time now.

The project of the floating dam , is not from the water coming up,
its from the city going down.

The city was started where it was because it provided excellent protection
from pirates.. probably still does

[ziggy]

Protection from pirates but not pidgeons.

[LightStarr]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

In short, it is not nature that is responsible for Venice flooding, it is poor planning that it at fault for building a low-lying city in a bay that is prone to seasonal and tidal flooding.

Sounds like New Orleans.