"...The iconic rowing boats....

Gondolas aren't rowed, they're stern skulled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_sculling

21 posted on 02/21/2023 1:08:43 PM PST by Paal Gulli

I was thinking that too. This is an archeological opportunity that shouldn’t be passed up!

22 posted on 02/21/2023 1:11:21 PM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)

23 posted on 02/21/2023 1:12:07 PM PST by linMcHlp

Don’t forget gas stoves.

24 posted on 02/21/2023 1:12:57 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

Global warming can do any and all things all the time, some of the time and never.

25 posted on 02/21/2023 1:13:32 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)

Wonder how many bodies dumped by the mafia over the years will start showing up?

26 posted on 02/21/2023 1:13:38 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

I usually put those live cams on when I want to hear the classical music in the backgound.

27 posted on 02/21/2023 1:14:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

That sounds entirely too logical for the globull warming crowd to understand.

28 posted on 02/21/2023 1:15:45 PM PST by AFreeBird

Seriously, I think the Phoenicians had an outpost there. Can you imagine?

29 posted on 02/21/2023 1:17:16 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)

“vaporetti” = pickpocket heaven.

30 posted on 02/21/2023 1:18:14 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)

Does the NY Post not know where that water comes from?

31 posted on 02/21/2023 1:21:47 PM PST by Romulus

Yeah, I was out at the lake looking for arrowheads 2 weeks ago, then boom, it filled back up in 48 hours.

32 posted on 02/21/2023 1:39:28 PM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)

I thought the rising seas were flooding Venice.

That was last years scare.

33 posted on 02/21/2023 1:40:35 PM PST by 1Old Pro

Maybe silver and gold coins.

34 posted on 02/21/2023 1:42:44 PM PST by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars.)

Yes they can be.

We have never had any problems, tho.

35 posted on 02/21/2023 1:50:26 PM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)

>Wonder how many bodies dumped by the mafia over the years will start showing up?

Using Lake Mead as an example, probably a few here and there

36 posted on 02/21/2023 2:10:41 PM PST by nevadapatriot

This is as stupid as claiming that droughts along the Gulf Coast are responsible for the Gulf of Mexico receding.

Everybody who knows anything about Venice is aware that it sometimes floods because of HIGH TIDES. And if the tides can get so high as to cause flooding then it necessarily follows that they also get so low as to cause ... this.

There is NO CONNECTION between low tides in Venice and droughts on the mainland, but it is a convenient coincidence for the Watermelons to exploit against the gullible and the MMGW true-believers.

37 posted on 02/21/2023 2:41:06 PM PST by Paal Gulli

38 posted on 02/21/2023 2:49:00 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )

Back to the Borgias.

39 posted on 02/21/2023 3:17:01 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)

This was published on 30 Jan, 2022:

Acqua Bassa, the water ‘issue’ you never thought Venice could have

High and Low Tides in Venice

Many people know that Venice can be flooded.

But did you know that Venice can also be struck by extreme low tides?

Floodings are a natural phenomenon during which a particularly high tide, known as “acqua alta”, floods certain areas of the city for a couple of hours. The higher the tide, the more areas of the city will be affected.

Extreme low tides, known as “acqua bassa”, are also a natural phenomenon that occurs in Venice, usually in the wintertime.

What is the consequence of extremely low tides?

Low tides do not cause as many headaches as extremely high tides as they do not impact residents homes or shops. However, they do cause a problem, too.

The main issue with extremely low tides is the fact that boats can no longer navigate in a number of canals.

This means that ambulance or firefighters boats can no longer reach certain areas of the city. In case of emergency, that can be a serious problem!

How long does acqua bassa last?

Like the “acqua alta”, the “acqua bassa” last for few hours, the time for the tide to grow again. What are the different 'tide' heights?

Venice’s Tide Centre, the “Centro Previsioni e Segnalazioni Maree”, labels tides according to their height in regards to the average sea level.

The different categories and relative heights are:

Exceptional High Tide: Equal to or higher than +140
Very High Tide : from +110 to +139
High Tide: from +80 to +109
Normal Tide: from – 5o to +79
Tide under the normal level: from -51 to -90
Exceptional low tides: Lower than -90

How low were the tides in Venice in the past years?

Since 2016, Venice witnessed a few low tides every year, in particular between December and January.

In 2016, the “acqua bassa” hit a record of – 66 cm below the average sea level. In 2017, -52 cm, and in 2018 again -65 cm.

More recently, tides were as low as -50cm in 2020 and -55cm at the end of January 2022...

...How low was the greatest acqua bassa ever recorded in Venice?

The lowest “acqua bassa” ever recorded in Venice was -121cm. It occurred on the 14th of February 1934.....

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The record low tide was -121cm, which is -1.21 meters, which is minus 47.6 inches. Today's low tide was only -0.07m, -7cm, minus 2.8 inches. By Venetian standards, hardly worth mentioning.

This is how the lagoon looks during a real low tide:

40 posted on 02/21/2023 3:30:24 PM PST by Paal Gulli

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