Environmental emergency declared in Venice
 

Good article, and it's about time or Venice will be no more!<BR>Now if they just get off their butts and do something soon and not "politic" it for the next 10 years

I saw footage of Venice on the news last night and St. Marks is completely under water.

There's an article in this month's Conde Nast Traveller about Venice and it's flooding season. Apparently many tourists plan to visit during the annual floods and enjoy putting on high rubber boots (available from the hotels) and take a stroll through St. Mark's Square. The article also has a detailed description of the plan to alleviate the problem. Has anyone here been to Venice during the aqua alta?

Good evening, Susan was in Venice<BR>6Nov00 and that afternoon the sirens<BR>blew, the water starte to rise in Pza.S<BR>Marco, but the time it stopped about 8pm<BR>there was over a meter of water in the Pza and our hotel about two blocks away<BR>has about 6 inches in the lobby. A lot<BR>of ristorantes were closed, but the <BR>LaCaravella did put out a meal for patrons and served by waiters in hip <BR>boots,about nine oclock that evening..<BR>Personally enjoyed the experience and <BR>the abilities of the LaCaravella.<BR> Richard of LaGrange Park, Il..