WHO would want to visit such a cesspool ? Who in his right mind would build
a city in that place ? PHEW !

Es una belleza trágica.- El tema de las inudaciones ha estado presente en todas partes del mundo.- Muy buenas las fotos.- Me pregunto en que quedará esta bella ciudad italiana y su gente-

Nada dura para siempre...no sé que hace toda esa gente dentro de esa agua contamina, aguas servidas de materia fecales y que sé yo cuanta porquería más, pero como es agua con glamour no pasa nada...si fuera en América del Sur, Africa o tercer mundo como le llaman, la realidad sería otra...¡ dirían pobresitos como pueden vivir así ! el asunto es que Venecia ya no da para más, es una ciudad de una época donde las cosas eran diferentes, los turistas solamente la visitan por esos edificio viejos llenos de humedad y prontos a ruir...no entiendo que le ven de fantástico...la pregunta es ¿ por qué tanta publicidad ? de esa misería...ni los Venecianos aguantan más esa ciudad...

I NEVER KNEW THAT VENICE FLOODED THAT BAD, I VISITED THERE TWICE AND BOTH TIMES IT WAS RAINING BUT I STILL ENJOYED THE SHOPPING AND THE WATER TAXIS. I GUESS THE PEOPLE ARE USE TO IT MANY HAD HIGH BOOTS AND SHOPPING LIKE THEY WERE ON DRY LAND'''''''IT ALSO LOOKED SO COLD, I WOULD LOVE TO RETURN SOMEDAY AND RIDE THE GONDOLA'S.

Global warming may not be causing this problem, but how can you be sure? One of you said people were not the cause. This may be so, but does that mean we should not take it seriously and not try to reverse the drift? I'm always amazed at how worked-up non-believers in global warming get.

que loco ,no se lo que haria en una situacion asy ,pero por lo que se ve todos en la imagenes estan como resignados y lo toman con humor,ahora yo quisiera saber si todavia estan bajo agua que feo no podria yo no saldria de mi casa en un caso asy...

Venice, Italy will now become the lost city of Atlantis if the global warming does not stop!!!

Sea levels have been fluctuating since the earth began, ice ages and warming up and down, so dont be too quick to believe all the global warming bull crap. yes we people need to stop polluting the earth, I will give you that, but come on, the ice caps have always changed, they do not stay the same. One good volcano explosion and we will be so cold we wont be able to grow food for two or three years. People need to check for themselves not just beleive the media bull

too carefree!

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Guys just look at Global Dimming documentary...u will stfu then...

Gue di Venice selama dua hari, 18 dan 19 November 2008. Waktu itu normal, gak banjir. Semoga aja tidak terjadi banjir lagi.

This flood makes the one Trinidad & Tobago experienced recently look like a joke... Its good to see how the persons in Italy taking it all in good strides...

HAY QUE IR ANTES QUE SE HUNDA ,QUE PENA QUE NO SE HAGA ALGO AL RESPECTO, CON TANTOS AVANCES QUE HAY EN LA IGENIERIA. HAY QUE PONERSE LAS PILAS PARA QUE SE CONSERVE

Great pictures! The effects of global warming are probably much less, in this case, than those of the fact that the city was built on relatively soft sedimentary deposits incapable of supporting the weight of the buildings. The Italian government has spent LARGE amounts of money trying to at least slow the process.

We are from new York, visited Venice three times in summer-autumn time, never saw such a flood, this is unigue city, beautiful in any weather. It is sad that one day it may be destroyed by even bigger flood, the whole world has to unite the effors to save Venice, this real gem of Earth.

venecia es preciosa , lastima ke las salidas del mar la esten hundiendo y destruyendo cada vez mas, ,,seguro ke tiene ke haber sido toda una experiencia haber estado con el agua hasta las rodillas ,,y ke frio , ,,,,claro ke me encantaria estar alli nuevamente ,,paseando en gondola , y mirando su linda arkitectura...

Looks somewhat like Katrina. Why haven't they blamed Bush?

this is crazy!!!!

John Irvin is really an idiot...
Not you (John) or me alone, but all the stupidity of human race.

I hope a solution will be found for this problem!

Acho que é o primeiro em português brasileiro ... as fotos são ótimas, porém acredito que o cheiro deva estar horrível ... que bom que tudo foi encarado com bom humor. Bjs a todos!

Stan #185, has anyone asked for money? Your post reads like the Italians are demanding cash from the US, but I havent read anything to suggest that, and very much doubt that it would happen. What is your problem? And Mark, #221, the water is deep enough that I would go there if I had to for work etc, but I would make sure my kids were at home, or well away from where the water would be up to their waists. I too think that Venice is a lovely city. I have been there a couple of times, and want to go back, but might avoid it when there is storm surge.

The Best People ... I was when all dry

Amo a Italia, mi pais favorito, gente preciosa en general, no es la primera vez que esto pasa y se que se recuperaran, todos debemos de aprender de como los Venezianos enfrentan esta cituacion, que Dios los bendiga, mi corazon esta con Venezia, Saludos desde Miami

Just like New Orleans, except there was no Looting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and were trying to set an example for the rest of the world!!!!!!!!!

i am going to have wet dreams !!!

Pour moi aussi ce serait mieux s'il y avait une version en français.
C'est malheureusement catastrophique, mais quand même c'est beau!!
Bon courage à tous, Guy

Since when is Verona near Venice?

un dia antes de que el agua subiera yo estaba ahi, es tan linda venecia es hermosa.
me imagino que con este tremendo espectaculo es dificil disfrutarla pero es increible lo que el agua hace en esa hermosa ciudad.

a cuidarce del agua

Quoting Barbara:
>> Global warming is such a hoax....

Please, get an education in the sciences before lowering the IQ of the general readers with your idiotic and non-coherent ramblings.

I live in venice, and i'm proud to say I was there! the guys in the first photo are not tourists, they live in venice too, i know them very well. I was amazed to find them here...

I think it's the fault of the scientist who are meddling in our climate. They are trying implementing dangerous programs to reverse earth's natural warming cycle and are causing natural disasters like this and Katrina. Then they will blame us for global warming and this resulting disaster, and in turn ask for, and definitely get, more grant money from the sheep of this world to continue making our earth worse... which again leads to more blame, more damage and more money in their pockets. It's a nasty cycle folks... don't buy into this whole global warming thing.

#17 is definitely where it's at! Climate change or not. Cin-cin! Here's to Venice being around for my children and their children's children to enjoy as I have done a few times in the past!

Interessante é notar o rosto de felicidade das pessoas, achando tudo muito natural...

this is not normal for venice to be like this. i think it has alot to do with global warmming!

I worry about all the poor stray cats that were always in the streets. Where are they?

To Barbara - it is the ice that is sitting on land mass that is the problem. Put a block of ice on a plate and let it melt, and then see what happens.

Esta inundación me recuerda la famosa que hubo en Florencia años atrás. En Florencia se perdieron muchos tesoros de arte, lo que no parece suceder en Venecia. Estuvimos en Venecia dos veces con mi esposa Raquel, pero nunca durante una inundación. Siempre es una hermosa ciudad!.
Buenos Aires/ José Luis

E ninguém faz nada?! É giro simplesmente! Continuemos a poluir, veremos a dobrar! Acordem para a realidade! Agem no dia-a-dia! Sejam civilizados! O mundo é de todos! Não sejam egoístas! Partilhem o que há de bom e reciclem o mau!! Repito RECICLEM RECICLEM, do verbo RECICLAR (caso ainda não tenham percebido, ou melhor, entendido!)

I am admiring venetian people optimizm, and their resilience.
The flood like this happened before, and they (venetian) will overcome this one.
It happens in many places in the world.
Of course, we all have to help them to save this historic place.

que pena que venecia halla pasado por esta situacion.

POBRE GENTE PASAR POR ESTA SITUASION IJOLE NO HAY PALABRAS

I secretly wish I was in Venice right now with all this flooding- what an experience. I feel for them though- their city is slowly sinking...how sad is that?

holly moly we plan to visit in July 2009

Increibles fotos!!Nosotros en Israel necesitariamos un poco de ese agua ya que nos falta por la falta de lluvia y los problemas que eso ocasiona.

Super tare ! Ma uit la venetieni si imi par asa de linistiti, de impacati cu situatia ...!
Bravo lor!

It is awful and very sad! I there was in August - was very much hot. And on the Piazza San Marco as always there were many pigeons... Interestingly, flooding of this year became the most record for Venice?

I think the pictures are great.I feel sorry for the people.

I do not believe in Global Warming

What kind of idiot writes a thesis about climate change on some photos of Venice??? Come on wake boarding!!!

Why is this not in the news? I am wondering if this is an ongoing proble. Has the water receided any?

I went to Venice for my 30th birthday on 5 December till the 8 December. My boyfriend had booked the trip as a suprise and had to tell me where we were going when the floods came on the 10 o'clock news in England on the 1 December. Panic set in. The next day we emailed the embassy and the hotel he'd booked and was told all was fine and that this happens all the time and that the Lido, where the hotel was, was not affected at all. We went off to Venice and had a fantastic time. No evidence at all of the floods, just posters that have been around for years explaining what to do when the floods happen. It does happen all the time, just this time slightly deeper.

Like my Dad used to say: Sanima Bich

im with the guy who wrote the comment at #230. Im certainly not encouraged to visit venice.

Venezia is always pretty, with so much color and cultura the water is not even visible

Digamos que se trata de uma tragédia porém, lamentavelmente, prevista
' LA NATURA NON PERDONA E QUESTA É UNA REALTÁ.

mamma mamma ho sete

too many idiots here talking about golbal warming when venice has NOTHING to do with it!!
Wake up
here read alittle. the italian people created half the city below sea level on a lagoon on top of a series on floating logs they stuck into the mud, then they did this..
Six hundred years ago, Venetians protected themselves from land-based attacks by diverting all the major rivers flowing into the lagoon and thus preventing sediment from filling the area around the city. This created an ever-deeper lagoon environment.
venice has been floding for over 600 years people get over it. I t has takent hte italian government over 30 years to get a fix started and it should be completed in 2011, look up the MOSE project. duh what a bunch of ignorant alarmists.

Venice is a beautiful city, but it has been slowly sinking for years and years now. Why is it that every time something slightly unusual happens it's blamed on global warming? Good Grief people, get real.

This may have been answered already, but I dont feel like reading all 200+ comments, but the water temp is around 16 degrees celsius, while not tropical is not freezing so the people walking around in the water and not freezing that is probably why.

Venice wasw built on a swamp. The success of its development has caused signifcant settlement--ergo land sinks and sea level remains the same. The conclusion is obvious--build sea walls like the Dutch have done for the last century to develop arrible land (sink or swim)

My first visit to Venice March 1972 , sinking was the subject then and now . I can see that Italian government is taking there sweet time to save the city but if you ever been in Italy and you realize the way the Italians work!
I love Venice
Dolce Vita

Ohh my god I haven't seen venice;please don't make it...

the italian government DOES NOTHING for us!!!!!!!! We are only an economic power for Italy and nothing more! They don't care about venetians people (not only people who live in Venice but all the former Republic of Venice: Padua, Verona and so on...). We pay a lot of taxes to finance south italy and we receive nothing for us! We are venetians, not italians, we want our independence back! For this reason Italy does the less possible for us. But It's a shame about us because many people don't realize this!
A venetian guy from Padua

People, this has NOTHING to do with global warming and it will not cause Venice to disappear as some fear!

The flooding is called "Acqua Alta" (or High Waters") and can happen SEVERAL TIMES a year. This has been going on for HUNDREDs of years.

For instance, in 1782, Venice finished building a 20 foot high wall to help reduce the amount of flooding - it's called the "Murazzi" (simply "Wall") and was designed in 1716 to replace an existing flood wall called the "Palade" (which was made of wood and rubble, making it inefficient). That's well over 300 years the Venetians had to deal with flooding, hence their laid back attitude in the pictures.

Floods happen usually during a full moon and when there's a scirocco (winds blowing up the narrow channel of the Adriatic Sea towards Venice). This makes the tidal waves coming into Venice a bit higher than average. Sometimes a bit higher than other times, as the pictures above show. 1825, 1966 and this one are some of the higher floodwaters recorded.

Who just walks in water and act like its nothing.

Veneza é esplendorosa,mesmo under water!........

Really it is a bad flood occured in venince.I feel so sorry to the people who are effected with floods.
And at the same time i was amazing to here that floods occured1.56 ft and deepest flood occured in venince

O homem faz, a natureza se vinga.

Uma maravilha de reportagem fotográfica. Com muita arte e esmero. Saudações.

Uma maravilha de reportagem fotográfica. Com muita arte e esmero. Saudações.

To Dr. Hansen:
If you believe all the poor science that attributes global warming to humans then I question exactly what type "Doctor" you are. Over 650 scientists like myself have signed a statement disagreeing with the latest scientific conclusions of the UN IPCC and that uneducated poser, Al Gore.

Venice has experienced alta agua for centuries, just as the sun is the main cause of global warming, which by the way seems to be subsiding, depending on when and where you set your baseline.

I was just there May 2008. Maybe it will clean up the area of all the pigeon poop. Its a beautiful city and I'm sure it will be back to it's old self soon.

This is the end of the world, when Earth will be covered by water
I don't know what will be happened with people in such misery,
Hope people will gather and thinking about make the healthy world without any pollution which caused these force majors.

For #211..Concur with the civiliazation response....How is it the President's fault? Are you talking about President Bush? If so, are your parents aware how stupid you are?

We were in Venice at the very same day on trip from Gate1travel. Definitely we couldn't see all these places shown. Pictures are great. Thank you.

SI HAY UNA CIUDAD QUE QUIERO VISITAR ..ESA ES VENECIA...ESPERO
QUE ALGUN DIA SE CUMPLA ME DESEO..Y LAMENTO POR LO QUE ESTA
PASANDO, ESPERO QUE PRONTO TODO VUELVA A SU NORMALIDAD..
HERMOSA VENCIA..

yes so good
how to join wake trip and love trip
my next travel
geo

such a shame .buy lieveing in a city surround by water .im surprised they dont get flooded all the time .my family visted there .wasnt very clean going thought it by boat or walking though it .was in the 70. & stink of oder you couldnt stand .was also surprised that the building are still there .birds flock around you pecking away .thinking you had food .shops were very clean .but closed or sleeping time .no one told us about that .was very disapointed couldnt get in the shops .sat down & drank a $2.00 coke .bottle was so small .took one gulp it was gone .also rode a speed boat fill up .that you couldnt move .had to stand up for a hour ride

this is what venice will look like in a few decades....... the sad thing about it is that it is unavoiddable, it will eventually sink :(
its a shame, its such a cool city

What a shameIn a few years, think I'll open up a Venice Scuba Diving company.

I gave been thee twice... Wonder what happend in LIDO Beach/
What happend to all the topless beautiful women? and what about
the Casino?
Dr. Hiro Chhatpar
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

hirochhatpar@Q.com

In response to the person wondering where the children are in all the pictures. I was there in 2004 - our guide explained the children go to school in a building - their playground is on the top of that building. We never saw any children but could hear the laughter and voices from above. Wonderful solution to the schooling on the island.

How I admire the people of Venice who have learned to live with floods - greet tourist with smiles - function without expecting someone else to 'FIX' it. I would go back in a second given the opportunity

if we could all live that way the world would be as it supposed to be ( or should i say life would be as it is supposed to be }

Venice has been sinking for nearly five thousand years due to a natural process called subsidence. Archaeologists digging in Venice have found layer upon layer of old foundations. During the Renaissance, everyone decided to stop rebuilding and "preserve" everything, so as the land continues to subside, flooding will occur more often. It's now been more than 400 years since anyone built up any part of Venice. It's just like Portuguese Bend in California, slipping down into the ocean. Global warming has absolutely ZERO to do with this problem.

-Kizinca "Batsin bu dunya" derdik ya ...Batiyor iste...
-Duncan Zuur, riding a wakeboard while the city sinks, is an exemple
of how careless we are about Global Warming.
-Bonne exemple pour la fin du monde !!!

Aún inundada, Venecia es maravillosa. Los venecianos están preparados para esto: no es la primera vez. Por eso lo toman con humor. Mas graves son las inundaciones en América Latina, donde la gente pierde todo lo que tiene, y nadie lo publicita

okay, so for all those who are uninformed, the floods in Venice are not the cause of global warming. The moon, in its path around the earth is elliptical, and some times it comes closer to earth than normal. This recent full moon was one of them. And what happens to the tides and waters when the moon is around? It pulls them, especially if its closer than normal. The floods in Venice have nothing to do with global warming, and everything to do with the moon's gravitational pull on the ocean.

Buddy--dont display ignorance --yes its true there have been fluctuations climactically many times - but an advance & then meltdown of the icecaps radically delayed & altered early human history! Now it is we who are 'bringing it on' (to re-cycle a Bushism!) added to a cyclical change & hastening our possible end, or at best massive forced migrations! Global Warming scientists warned long ago of hot & cold & storm extremes & thats exactly what we have! Now the lower cost of carbon fuels encourages few to curtail its uses! Tragedy is round the corner as the icecaps melt too fast! Use your energy positively & drop complacency.

That city is so beautiful. Its been a dream to go there. Made me realise that I need to make it happen before the city disappears. How very sad.

nice

I live in Rome and this city has also been flooding since Thursday. A woman died trapped in her car park. There is a storm up and down Italy. It happens sometimes and this city isn't built to withstand the water either.

we r really sorry for this kind of sicituation, god blees u all of italian people, u'll pray for all of u contunue.
we hope allah help u from all this bad situayion.
best of luck.

He estado 4 veces en Venecia y desde la primera vez dije que no volvía más, esa esa agua tiene mal olor, es bella pero en fotos. Las otras 3 veces volví para llevar a mis novias (una diferente cada vez), pero esas fotos me sirven de lección¡¡¡ Ahora llevaré mis novias a Paris.

me parece increible que las personas se tomen esto tan relax xuando las consecuencias del calentamiento global son tan catastroficas....hay que tomar conciencia....

Golly, I have never read such sad, discuraged comments in all my life and I am 67 years old! Wake up people the Pulitzer that went to Al Gore was a hoax and a scham, a total discrace to Pulitzer and hollywood money at its best.

Great pics, but many comments with wrong info;
-The sinking of Venice has nothing to do with this, Venice actually sinks little to nothing, it is a myth.
-The rain has nothing to do with this, it is the tide of the sea combined with a strong wind that blows the water in the lagoon. It only lasts for a few hours at the most.
-Global warming has very little to do with this too. These extreme tides have happened throughout Venice's over 1000 year long history.
-San Marco is the lowest point in Venice and floods a few times a week all year long.
-The biggest thread for venice is not the hight of the water but the vibrations and water movement caused by motorised boats in their fragile canals.

Anyone with a little knowledge of Venice would know that flooding is a regular occurence there. That is why they have those small table-like benches stacked all over the main squares ready to be used for people to walk on in bad weather. It has nothing to do with global warming, although that may help aggrevate the situation a little.

To the men in #17 -- This Texan is with you in spirit, my friends! I'll hoist one with you anytime!

É lamentável que um dos tesouros da humanidade esteja dessa maneira.
Apesar de estar debaixo d'água, Veneza não perde o seu encanto. Ela é maravilhosa!!!
Com tanta tecnologia , alguma haverá de surgir, para que isso não mais ocorra. É o que espero e rogo a Deus!!!...
Registro aqui a minha solidariedade.
Fraternal abraço a todos os venezianos.