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Post by somersetstokie on Nov 14, 2019 17:13:21 GMT
News?! I know that the situation there is serious, but is this actually a new version of Fake News? ie. Telling us something in big BBC News pages headlines that we effectively already know!
As written in a famous news reporter's telegram home in the 1930's, "Have arrived Venice. Streets full of water! Please advise!.
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Post by felonious on Nov 15, 2019 19:08:19 GMT
Worst flooding since 1966 with successive high tides causing 100s of millions of Euros worth of damage to a world heritage site. Even to the point of undermining the structures of these famous buildings. Causing misery to the inhabitants and to the city's economy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50430855 |
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Post by raythesailor on Nov 15, 2019 20:06:11 GMT
Italy a member of the EU. Venice attracts some 35.5 million visitors per year.
They have talked for decades about building flood barriers as the city is always under threat of flooding. They seem to keep taking the revenue but are not prepared to reinvest in their own protection. This is a EU and Wealthy, tax dodging, Italians problem that they have been aware of for years.
The current high tides are and we’re totally predictable due the close proximity of the moon at this time of year.
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Post by felonious on Nov 15, 2019 20:09:23 GMT
Italy a member of the EU. Venice attracts some 35.5 million visitors per year. They have talked for decades about building flood barriers as the city is always under threat of flooding. They seem to keep taking the revenue but are not prepared to reinvest in their own protection. This is a EU and Wealthy Italians problem that they have been aware of for years. The current high tides are and we’re totally predictable due the close proximity of the moon at this time of year. The flood defences have been hampered by corruption scandals and dodgy politics for years apparently. The universal politician  |
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Post by auntiegeorge on Nov 15, 2019 22:32:39 GMT
News?! I know that the situation there is serious, but is this actually a new version of Fake News? ie. Telling us something in big BBC News pages headlines that we effectively already know! As written in a famous news reporter's telegram home in the 1930's, "Have arrived Venice. Streets full of water! Please advise!. That's a great quote. Who was it? |
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Post by somersetstokie on Nov 16, 2019 9:01:03 GMT
News?! I know that the situation there is serious, but is this actually a new version of Fake News? ie. Telling us something in big BBC News pages headlines that we effectively already k As written in a famous news reporter's telegram home in the 1930's, "Have arrived Venice. Streets full of water! Please advise!. That's a great quote. Who was it? This was a tongue in cheek, humourous observation, credited to American journalist Robert Benchley. On a trip to Europe between the Wars he sent a celebrated telegram to his editor at the New Yorker, Harold Ross, upon arriving in Venice for the first time. "Streets full of water. Please advise. |
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Post by raythesailor on Nov 16, 2019 9:10:03 GMT
If you sold half of the Italian superyacts, registered in tax havens, moored around the peninsula and Sardinia they could pay for and build the defences immediately.
Like Greece Italy is not short of wealth, they just choose to hoard it, not pay taxes and expect Europe to support and bail them out.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 16, 2019 9:46:14 GMT
If only they had taken the Giant Plug Theory more seriously.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 7:00:03 GMT
If every resident were sold Heinz tomato soup, thee could bail er ite wit empty tin.
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Post by zerps on Nov 17, 2019 7:49:54 GMT
They built a city in the sea then complain about flooding 😆
The entire world is going down the pan, including the global economy.
Watch this space.
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Post by mattyd on Nov 17, 2019 13:27:06 GMT
Not again...
Bit like saying " It's a bit cold in Reykjavik"
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Post by bathstoke on Nov 17, 2019 20:09:05 GMT
I love watching old film of Venice with hardly any tourists & I’m so jealous I didn’t/havnt been earlier. Probs won’t bother now...
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Post by AlliG on Nov 17, 2019 22:21:19 GMT
I love watching old film of Venice with hardly any tourists & I’m so jealous I didn’t/havnt been earlier. Probs won’t bother now... I (with a couple of mates) drove to Venice from Stoke (as part of a trip that included Florence, Pisa & St Tropez) in the summer of 1981. We were looking at the photos from that visit recently and it was amazing to see that the biggest boat on the Grand Canal / Venice Lagoon was a Venice Water Bus!  At the time I thought St Mark's Square was pretty busy but by current standards it was almost deserted and I don't recall any queues inside either St Mark's Basilica or the Doge's Palace. (I have a wide shot photo of the clock in the Senate Hall in the Doge's Palace and there are just 2 people in shot. I seem to recall that all the churches were free to enter and I think even the Doge's Palace was only a few hundred lira to enter. I must admit looking at recent film of Venice I am glad I went when I did. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 6:16:37 GMT
Me and the missus went in May a couple of years ago as part of a tour of Italy - Milan, Siena, Florence, Verona, Rome, Lucca, Pisa, Venice, and finished off with a few days round Lake Garda. We loved all of it, there were some fantastic places and sights, and Rome was busy, but Venice was by far the biggest let down.
When we arrived there were five huge cruise ships moored up and the area where you catch the water bus was absolutely swarming with people (mainly Japanese and Chinese). When we arrived in Venice it was even worse as there were just so many people absolutely everywhere. Our guide said it got even busier in the height of summer.
It's unique, some really lovely buildings and sights, but it was impossible to get good photos of the Bridge of Sighs, the Rialto Bridge, Doges Palace, St. Mark's square etc, or anywhere really due to the crowds. A lot of the properties already looked in fairly poor condition with their exteriors deteriorating from the water level upwards so I can only imagine what further damage this flooding has done to the place.
We were glad we'd been and seen it, but definitely wouldn't bother going back.
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Post by Northy on Nov 18, 2019 8:37:28 GMT
I love watching old film of Venice with hardly any tourists & I’m so jealous I didn’t/havnt been earlier. Probs won’t bother now... I go now and then with work, March one time, hardly a tourist and low mist so you couldn't see the top of the tower in St Marks Square. |
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Post by Northy on Nov 18, 2019 8:39:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 9:52:21 GMT
Things don't seem to be improving just yet. Venice hit by third exceptional tide in less than a week.link |
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Post by felonious on Nov 18, 2019 19:43:09 GMT
One week earlier and that would have been the Flying Fox 10 mile race just outside Eccleshall  |
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