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Tourists, Venetians slosh through flooded lagoon city

WinniWoman

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Not trying to get political here, but both weather and climate change, just over different time periods.

Weather is what is happening right now on a daily or seasonal basis. Climate measures the range of those weather swings over much longer periods, whether (no pun intended) over a 10-, 50-, 100-, 1,000-, 10,000-year period, or more.

The bigger flood 50 years ago was in the extreme range, as is today's. Those are both weather. The fact there have now been four floods of St. Mark's Basilica in the last two decades, but only two others in the previous 1,200 years is indicative of some type of climate change.

yup. And not a darn thing we can do about it. Mother Nature is in charge.
 

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Thanks for the update, Richard.

Interesting comments on the flood-control project in the Venetian lagoon. I wondered what had happened to it. It has been forever getting it done, delayed by all the usual culprits that are a part of the Italian reality. By comparison, the Thames River flood control system has been working successfully for years in protecting London and points upstream.

Italy is certainly being bombarded by rain this year. The last time we were there was also in November, but we had mostly sunshine and unseasonably warm weather. As much as we love travelling in Italy, I'm glad we aren't there this year. The recovery will be expensive.
 
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