Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change

[tenderfoot]

Veneto regional council, which is located on Venice's Grand Canal, was flooded for the first time in its history on Tuesday night -- just after it rejected measures to combat climate change.

The historic Italian city has been brought to its knees this week by the worst flooding there in more than 50 years.
And the council chamber in Ferro Fini Palace started to take in water around 10 p.m. local time, as councilors were debating the 2020 regional budget, Democratic Party councilor Andrea Zanoni said in a long Facebook post.

https://www.facebook.com/andreazanonix/posts/10159116946155299

more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/veneto-council-climate-change-floods-trnd-intl-scli/index.html

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[flying_wahini]

1. I hope the water never goes down.

People need to SEE the results of global warming.

[fierywoman]

2. Hmmmm ... not just a river in Egypt ...

[dware]

3. Now that is a dose of Karma.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. Now they're dragging their feet in water!

KY...........

[smirkymonkey]

5. It is really a tragedy what is happening in Venice.

It is an amazing place, but I fear all those architectural treasures may soon be lost to us forever. I am only glad I had the opportunity to visit.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/venice-floods-photos-climate-change/#close



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[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. never fear! Koch Industries will sell them coal-fired pumps.

[bdamomma]

9. sad

what a beautiful place it must be. Climate change deniers must be held accountable.

[bdamomma]

11. not going to stop

that woman who is enjoying her gelato. She even has her boots on.

[smirkymonkey]

13. I've seen photos of people eating in restaurants - fully operational - where the water is

up to their knees! Everyone is just going about their business like everything is completely normal. It's bizarre!

[Dustlawyer]

6. Maybe once they have to deal with the destruction caused by their flood they

will come around like my small Texas town has after getting 2 thousand year floods 2 years apart! If there were any climate change deniers here after Harvey, Imelda set them straight.

Oh yea, Trump is not helping us either even though this area was heavy with his base. While they fight with FEMA for aid I hope they realize it’s their boy and their Party preventing it!

[MineralMan]

8. Miami is next, along with other cities in Florida.

Some even feature canals, in imitation of Venice. After that, many coastal cities will suffer flooding far more often and with worse consequences. New Orleans will follow suit in short order.

Check your city and what will happen to it if sea levels continue to rise. Maybe it's time to move to higher ground while you still can without abandoning the place you live as a total loss.

[smirkymonkey]

12. We are already getting a taste of it in Boston with the king tides.

And this is without flooding.



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[csziggy]

14. Florida canals were made to drain the water that was already there in the swamps

Many areas of South Florida were taken from the swamps of the Everglades by digging big canals to drain water and make land dry enough to build on or to farm. The big problem is really the salt water incursion which will affect drinking and irrigation water quality.

Having just visited England, many parts of the southern parts of that country that were bogs fens have canals all over with pumps to keep the land dry. In earlier days, there were wind powered pumps - now they are diesel or electric powered. It is very similar to what is in the Netherlands.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/horsey-windpump

[dchill]

10. Hmm. No people in the room, now...

Did they head for the hills?

[world wide wally]

15. Instant karma gonna get ya