llama66 llama66:
Just give everyone a free bucket when they go to Venice.
Didn't they build a giant flood gate to prevent this very thing?
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This was the MOSE control center: the operational heart of a megaproject to protect Venice, one of the world’s most beautiful cities, from threatening waters. For nearly seven years, the engineers here have raised and lowered virtual doors, gathering a series of data to be conveyed into a sophisticated forecasting model.
Spread across dozens of islands and known as “the floating city” for its ubiquitous canals and bridges, Venice has grappled with inundation for centuries. But due to natural subsidence and the higher tides caused by global warming, the city is more vulnerable to flooding than ever before. So a flood barrier seemed like the obvious way to thwart future disasters.
Oh and for the record this flooding isn't about climate change it's about the usual. Italian politics, Italian corruption and likely the Mafia.
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MOSE (an acronym for Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, or “Experimental Electromechanical Module”) is one of the world’s largest and highest-profile civil-engineering works. It consists of a series of retractable floodgates stretching across the mouths of the lagoon’s three inlets. These gates can be raised on command to create a temporary wall against the sea in the event of a high tide.
Work on MOSE began in 2003, but after countless delays (caused by a corruption scandal and financial and structural issues), the barrier has yet to be completed. The hard part is done, however, and most of the engineers at the control center were confident that the system will become fully operational soon. Since the final leg of construction has been stalled for months, though, no one could say exactly when. Some said later this year; others said 2020 was closer to reality.
https://www.citylab.com/environment/201 ... ce/556226/So, it's quite apparent that they've been expecting something like this to happen but they just couldn't clean up their own act and get it built in time to prevent the current flooding because Italy is Italy. Besides "climate change and or the tides" is a great excuse for the corrupt politicians, the sleazy builders and their overlords in the mafia to use to ensure that the public doesn't really clue into how badly they've been duped.
Kind of like our carbon tax.
