European Floods of 1997, 2002 ... - Altengrad 97

[@ytdanytevero]

This isn’t just a cities Skylines series, That’s a whole series about central european history lol

[@TheOmegakix]

My man, same comment on last 20 videos, or even more, whats the point, you are just stating the facts, no personal opinion, no argument, whats the point of a comment like that?

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

​@@TheOmegakix Bro what are you the comment police?

[@FE0003]

That's the whole point of the series. Akruas explains the developpement of a central-european city throughout history.

[@ytdanytevero]

@@TheOmegakix I don’t usually look over the comments not even when I post a comment. Plus, even if someone did wrote something like this on another video what have I done wrong by sharing the same opinion as that other person, because in the end that’s a true statement. His videos do cover up most of the history of Central Europe. It’s not like I’ve wrote something like “first” or “use me as an (idk) button”. I just shared my honest opinion, and I’ve done nothing wrong if someone else shared the same opinion as me 1 or two videos ago, because how was I suposed to know?(again, i don’t look at the other comments). Respectfully

[@dirtyds69]

outdoing himself 🤯 the prefab construction episodes were really dope

[@berndalischer3783]

And here we go again

[@nashwagemakers]

history has repeated itself.. immediately thought of altengrad

[@fusola9612]

City Skylines: I have some DLC that let's you play natural desasters and city management around that topic. Akruas: I have Mods... and I make this historically accurate and technically fesiable.

[@un4ed]

Im coming here from Kłodzko in Poland

[@WW2Fr3k]

Altengrad is one of my favorite things to watch on youtube ❤

[@czerskip]

"Batteries, water, bread, fruits, cigarettes" - knowing your priorities… I'm genuinely surprised they didn't ask for vodka.

[@BarcelPL]

My brother in Christ, in 1997, even though the PRL ended, people had not enought of everything BUT the vodka.

[@czerskip]

@@BarcelPL My brother in Flying Spaghetti Monster, I was born long before communism collapsed in Poland, I know pretty well what life was like here in 1997. And no, people "camping" on the roofs of their apartment buildings when the flood came lacked vodka as much as everything else.

[@antonisauren8998]

It looked more like they opened airlift shop on the roof than pleads for supplies at the first glance. :D '97 catched me on holidays and it took few weeks for water to get down enough so my family could get back home. I think it would be possible while going on top of rail embankments but must have felt too dangerous for my mother to try. We just stayed with aunt on the other side of town.

[@tansisa7180]

I just heard there's another flood in central Europe, stay safe man.

[@ryszardgigger]

Caused by the same low as well

[@divinemoments5344]

It's happening again...

[@mewosh_]

There's a cool Polish Netflix series called 'High Water' which takes place in Wrocław during the 90s floods. The English dubbing isn't the best but the series is definitely worth recommending.

[@aradanat231]

And the neat part is that nothing's really changed in PL when it comes to flood management. When it happens next time, we don't even need another Netflix series, we already have one :D

[@BarcelPL]

Especially for real life shots after last episode. Thought the series overall is a bit overdramatised.

[@RyszardZbychu]

@@aradanat231 I mean the 2010 flood saw higher tides than the one in 1997 yet caused way less damage, so something changed

[@TheDutchMitchell]

not really relevant but dubbing is bad for everybody. With subtitles you can actually learn a bit what they say. I wish dubbing only existed for child movies/shows.

[@eifrvdc3tv3t79]

​@@aradanat231 Trochę prawda ale nie do końca. Chociaż sprzęt mamy dużo lepszy i na pewno łączność, a to już istotne. A że rządy żałosne od tylu lat to inna sprawa 😀

[@kaltenstein7718]

As we say in Germany: This was the 3rd 100-year flood this year, amazing times!

[@NicolasDominique]

Gotta say that that flood in the game looked really realistic. Also it was a good idea with those camera shots.

[@Bapa_nada]

5:03 here we can see wild cars drinking the water from the pond

[@GullibleTarget]

As the pick-up truck brings forth it's mating call. Heralding a new day on the parking lot. filled with.....life

[@Federal_Investigation_Bureau]

Unfortunately some of these wild cars will have their life taken away by their sworn amphibious enemy, the log. Logs will push the wild car that got to close off their hill, since most wild cars don’t have the ability to swim, many drown.

[@ikpabb]

I really love the history of this city, insanely good designed.

[@molybdane7240]

The Netherlands, being used to consider the sea the most likely source of flooding, was quite surprised by floods in the 90's. Pretty much the lessons that you mentioned were learned (more space for rivers) and since then, river floods cause few problems. Only flash floods inundating small rivers in hilly areas (yes, we have these in the Netherlands) really stump us.

[@Void_Sphere]

This is art paired with history disguised as Cities Skylines series.

[@mewosh_]

I come from the mountainous part of Poland and I remember when during floods in 2010 the water was flowing downhill in with such speed and volume that it took away my grandpa's entire garage. I was a child back then and didn't think much about it but now reflecting on how powerful the nature is makes me scared.

[@Simon_SM]

Man this is maybe the best Cities Skylines series ever, this is basically the history of a part of Europe, mixed with a beautiful fictional city It is perfect, and I remember when I found it for the first time I thought it was maybe the best cities skylines project I have ever seen, now I am sure of it

[@AyJohhny]

Welp, Round 3 I guess...

[@marcin_kalbarczyk]

Akruas we love you

[@zweimeterzwerg]

I'm living close to Weißeritz and I see the maps of the 2002 flood everytime I take a walk along it. It's insane what this little creek did to the neighbourhood. Also on my 12 birthday, 16th of August 2002, it had one of the peak watermarks of the flood. Was a shit birthday.

[@SoWhiskey]

Very nice! I remember my grandmothers cousin that lived in Wrocław during the 97 flood had a fiat 126p and he parked it on a pile of garbage and ruble that were covered with soil. This little car was the only survivor in whole neighborhood!

[@GullibleTarget]

Wow...the entire government area is flooded! Parliament might have to relocate to the Old city centre for a while

[@ESCFan1994]

As a big fan of disaster movies this has been my favourite episode so far. 😅 Fortunately the historic center of Altengrad is built on pretty high ground and wasn´t flooded. That´s the case in my hometown of Regensburg as well, it would take a flood of biblical proportions to drown the big cathedral. Can´t wait to see what´s going to happen to the city in the 2000. Keep up the great work!! 👍

[@Pope_Rural_I5184]

Honestly similar to new orleans, where the french quarter is the only bit above sea level on a natural levee

[@thecommentingnoodle1086]

Unlike in my hometown of Passau further down the Danube unfortunately. Our city basically turns into a little version of Venice periodically.

[@leDespicable]

@@thecommentingnoodle1086 Funnily enough, Passau also looks a little bit like Venice in certain areas, because they hired an Italian architect to help in the city's reconstruction after the big fire of 1662

[@terraincognitaband7273]

admit it, you needed space for more modern buildings in altengrad

[@Creeepz-ii7fk]

this vid hits hard after having the entire basement of my parents be destroyed by a flood just 2 months ago, a floood for us being even bigger than 1997. but it still is a nice video, nice everything, knowing the same mistakes you talk about have been made here 50 years ago, with builkdings being build in old riverbeds. It feels like you get some people to think about this stuff, which will happen more often, people that would never think about it otherwise, so tank you.

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

I was born 2 months before when 2002 floods has strike Czech republic. Even through i can't remember it, those videos and news broadcast from those times, really show how dangerous it was. Thanks for including this in your series.

[@Vanatice]

that's so sick

[@снт]

hi vanatice ur cool! would never expect to see you there

[@anarcher]

never thought id see altengrad flooded, but now i know all about river systems in eastern europe!

[@malte553]

I love this series so much :)

[@ThiagoRDRG]

The same shit happened this year here in Brazil. The city of Porto Alegre and other cities of Rio Grande do Sul was devastated by the major flood of history.

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

Watching just after the great flood of 2024 lol It would be interesting if the video came out a bit later

[@chrisc3701]

Another masterpiece. Thanks for sharing the history of central Europe through Cities Skylines. I always look forward to new Altengrad episodes.

[@danonck]

I knew what to expect from this episode and you still exceeded my expectations, amazing stuff! I remember driving around my hometown as a child in 1997, even though it's located far from Dolny Śląsk which was mainly affected. Some of the roads and bridges, as well as houses located on the riverbanks we're absolutely decimated.

[@davidwhite3337]

Love all the history of this area of Europe

[@timowagner1329]

Once again, very nice story telling :)

[@purplebeamcz]

In Prague they stike twice.

[@rlas]

Very nice that you also make aware of issues with flooding (protection) besides showing the beautiful save game transform

[@_kiewicz6340]

Everytime when I read or watch something about those floods I'm opening my eyes wider. Netflix released a series: "High Water" about the flood from '97 in Wrocław and this how scientists wanted to destroy levees next to one village before Wrocław to save the bigger city at the cost of smaller one. Citizens of that village were rebelling against it so the Wrocław was flooded. I didn't watch it yet but I heard it was a good series

[@Emaef]

that village storyline is very much a fictional one, although heavily inspired by events that transpired in some locations upstream of Wrocław.

[@keksentdecker]

wow that is another amazing video!

[@Idntgt]

Soo... this just became really relevant. No, for real, I used this vid as information source on the past floods, especially the rain maps were helpful, because they are neatly found all in one place ;)

[@raphaut]

Seeing this after my entire area was flooded a month ago is kinda funny lol

[@redRebelChronicles]

It's just incredible how much work you put into your video's! Amazing work Akruas, I absolutely love it!

[@ItsIdaho]

I am glad we have finished our floodplain 2 years ago.

[@matmarkus]

Fck, so many memories. Was a kid and broke my hand when this happened. Still remember driving through bridge already over flooded by one of Oder tributary just to get to the hospital in Krapkowice. And spent days crying after sawing photos from Opole Zoo

[@JGol1994]

I left Opole just few days before the flood as a small child. It was intense time and our apartment got flooded heavily

[@ulysse2145]

Really nice !

[@Illkiron]

I work with Crisis response, and I loved this video!

[@ma14.27]

Great episode as always.

[@f1guremeout]

See: New Orleans, Katrina 2005. You can learn from each other what it means to build legacy infrastructure in a flood plains. Maybe routing flood water underground, around the city, down the river. An "invisible" wall around the city without drowning the city in a bowl. Hey at least a NON-American can admit..."yea the climate is changing..." Good on you! Thank you for sharing those vintage pics, can't believe that was 22 years ago now, I was in middle school then and had no idea!

[@HighExplosiveSerenade]

WOW! I didnt know anything about these floods! So interesting and sad at the same time. I love how this series teaches us about central european history. So excited to see what the city of Altengrad will come up with to fix the devastation caused by the flood(s).

[@gijskramer1702]

I have recently driven past the danube river between regensburg and linz. The dike there is comicly small in size compared to the river. And with houses right next to it. I can understand why it flooded so easely

[@Kaldisti]

I've been in holidays in Prague in August 2002, precisely the week when the city was flooded.

[@Fodoslaw]

taktyczny comment, świetne video! Gratings from Dobrzyńska land

[@calisbruckmann7523]

Very interesting video, well put together

[@SpahGaming]

3 views, 3 views jeremy, thats insaine!

[@jakubmusil1673]

0:44 I'm sorry but does anybody know where the stadium came from? I can't seem to find it in any episode.

[@Gavroche_]

Nicely spotted, you're right! You can see in episode 89 that the stadium is not there, however in episode 90 it already is. We never got to see how it was built.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@Gavroche_. Likely from a livestream.

[@petjuh1985]

@@dragonbornexpress5650yes Its from a livestream.

[@ungh8365]

Aaahh someone else noticed this too! I was going insane trying to find the episode, since it is modeled after the 1965 Ratina Stadium here in Tampere, Finland

[@flare2000x]

Best series on youtube. Akruas is teaching us so much

[@HARWIG-hg90g]

IS THAT A FLOOD OF 97 !?

[@Dejroslaw2448]

City that had biggest luck was Poznań because wave arrived there but was too small to destroy anything and also city had long story with flooding because of river shape so in the 1950s chwaliszewo island got connected to old town and smaller canal was transformed into main one and river also got made more wide Many people today screech that they ruined their own venecia in their city forgetting how polluted and problematic this part of river was

[@buckyjames1898]

This just makes me yearn for better water simulation in city builders

[@Sir_Sheikhs_Pears]

Great script for this movie! How did you finally get the VHS effect? Did you use the font I suggested or find another way? @Akruas

[@Federal_Investigation_Bureau]

I haven’t seen a cinematic like this since WWII

[@c4four132]

4:08 "batteries, water, bread, fruit, cigarettes"

[@RobertLey60]

that's why we need wetlands as a buffer

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Unfortunately, nature ain't that simple.

[@A.IGaming11]

Wow, this is very interesting, I have never heard about any of this.

[@castielades]

The cumulative wave from Oder river and a long lasting light rain in the western part of Poland caused a significant water level raise in Oder merging rivers causing floods in the cities laying along them. My aunt remember the flood of 1997 and 2002 (this one she remembers from tv news since her region wasn't that much impacted by the flood) in her town that is located on the Warta riverside and about 200km (125mi) from Warta-Oder merging point, I remember the flood of 2010 which was caused by long lasting heavy rains and snow thaws in the Polish mountains that went through entire Poland - the drainage ditches became rivers overflowing on the streets and peoples courtyards, some streets were completely turned into rivers but since the floods of 1997 Poland made significant improvement in urban and countryside drainage systems along with reinforcement of the flood polders and retention ponds aside of the rivers yet again nature shown her strength and even those couldn't minimize the catastrophic outcome.

[@thebackyard7661]

Can we do another version of this in the 2020’s?

[@LucaFuchs2]

Will the next episode be about the damage and repairs?

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Presumably. I'd also presume the next decade or two will be about tearing down some of the old "communist" structures and rebuilding parts of the city's past, though that is VERY much conjecture on my end and probably shows how much I don't know about Central Europe.

[@LucaFuchs2]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 maybe, there are buildings who got demolished but also many who still exist. I don’t think he will demolish for example the tv tower.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@LucaFuchs2. Almost certainly not. Either way, time will tell.

[@Idntgt]

HYPE

[@ПростоЧел-л3о]

The city of Altengrad is located between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic

[@keenmate9719]

I remember both 97 and 2001 floods. In 97 it was raining for what feels like 5 days non stop, at one point we were discussing if the rain has not transformed from drops to streams of water from clouds to ground. It was endless. It wasn't like we have it these days that you have 300mm/m2 of rain in 10 minutes, it was more like nonstop rain for days and days. Ostrava was severely hit, but it forced the city to finally do something with a gypsy ghetto that was heavily flooded and reconstruct it, so yin yang.

[@TheOrderOfDanos]

I never miss an episode, it’s always ridiculously fascinating and visually exciting, but something I feel like is missing is something a lil more in-character. By that I mean, I know it’s an experiment in 20th century city planning, architecture etc but I think something worth thinking about is in-character descriptions, “Altengrad’s government decided to…” “During this time Altengrad elected its first president…” “…and in response the biggest employer in the nation went bankrupt and cost 12,000 Altengradian citizens their jobs…which led to…” Stuff like this in its own section, I think could seriously elevate the project adding worldbuilding to it 🙌🏻 I hope you consider this 🫡

[@ananas3081]

💀💀💀

[@christopher6740]

TL:DR of this video: Czechia gets too much rain...

[@Pope_Rural_I5184]

And too much wasps

[@Ioulimontium]

fr, we just had tornado-like rain a few hours ago where I live in 🇨🇿

[@Spacey1800]

10:24 so the water got to mustok jesus (it’s the graph a second eurlyer

[@michawandzel4046]

I remember flood in Bielsko-Biała in 2024

[@NebulaOFC-u9f]

is it possible at all to get a savegame of the city? I really want to just explore the city without having to build

[@snoepjebeertje8938]

I liked your city, you make it very realistic, could you share the Steam Workshop link of the "Magistrala" roads that you have used in episode 96. Thanks

[@jaceka9733]

Wow!👍👍

[@stupidvoiceofreason]

10:53 metro zatopeelo

[@powerpill]

wow

[@talekoooox22]

Brazil, State of Rio Grande do Sul, April 24, 2024. A torrential rainstorm hits a region called Taquari Valley, located in the central part of the state. This region is traversed by several rivers, with the main one being the Taquari River. During the flood, the water reaches an average height of 17 meters above its normal level. Cities and neighborhoods have been wiped off the map. 90% of the state's territory is affected by an unprecedented rainfall that has caused a flood setting new records wherever it went. Thousands of people have lost their homes. Millions of people have been directly and indirectly affected. A state with an area similar to Germany is facing economic collapse, and, due to political issues, it is not receiving help from the federal government. The real assistance comes from the local population (making the difference on the front line) and private initiatives that contribute by donating resources to those helping. What happened in the state of Rio Grande do Sul serves as a clear example of how, while politics may advocate progressive ideas, also can leave an entire population helpless and on the brink of disaster. (text translated by Chat GPT)

[@piotrgrzelak2613]

Why would you take up space with a gpt slop comment

[@talekoooox22]

​@@piotrgrzelak2613 It's my words, but I couldn't express my self right in English, so I took some help by translating it with GPT. Go take care of your life.

[@piotrgrzelak2613]

@@talekoooox22 30 seconds of my life wasted responding to you is more important than your need to talk in English despite an inability to learn it. Be thankful and stop leaving your trash online.

[@qhu3878]

sup

[@timowagner1329]

In regards to catastrophes, we are quite blessed in central Europe, there is pretty much nothing except for heavy rainfall that can really harm us at large... No earthquakes, no (extreme) heatwaves, no hurricanes, no tsunamis, etc. Which makes the flooding even harder for people since they are not used to it. My hometown also allowed building in the 80s and 90s in a floodplain with straightening of the river. It has flooded more and more recently, I'm worried what will happen in the future. Our local government is now "naturalising" the river, but there are more building permits given out for different floodplains... They aren't climate change deniers, but somehow they don't care that much about the fact that 10 year floods become 5 year floods, 50 year floods become 20 year floods and so on... Honestly, we are so blessed that we "only" need to worry about increased flooding, yet we screw that up as well.

[@Doc_Rainbow]

there are Hurricanes, and heatwaves... for example germany got one right now... but yeah we are pretty lucky in general, because even if something like the major 2021 Floods happen, we have Emergency Services and Disaster Response Teams... in other country you on your own...

[@susangoaway]

There are earthquakes. And there are quite a few tornadoes. Heatwaves not really a thing. "Climate change deniers" - someone has been indotrcinated I see. Also desertification might be a problem, but why handle that if you can raise some new taxes to fight "climate change" and just rob everyone of their money for the CO2 religion.

[@EcardEcardian]

Hard to do anything about it, can make the effects less painfull by building high flood walls and expand the drain systems. Where im from it happens time to time the soil moves and motorways get swallowed into the ground, or that there is winds and trees fall all over the place.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@susangoaway. Great job exposing your own indoctrination; It seems you know nothing. Also, calling it a religion is hilarious when history itself says otherwise: I will, once again, urge you to do 5 minutes of Google searching.

[@susangoaway]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 How exactly is that showing indoctrination? Questioning things that are clearly not well researched is now indoctrination? Doing science is indoctrination? Google is not a good source, nor are journos even capable for basic maths. You have some very weird views right there.

[@kevintshal7989]

Pourquoi tu nous fais un cours d’histoire frérot ????

[@jimmypetrock]

:)

[@tempestosfugi9846]

Watching🫵🏻😍

[@SpahGaming]

got me beat by 2 seconds

[@TheOmegakix]

Bald and bankrupt first, but can I just say Akuras second best overall yt channel!!!

[@user-df3ty8ei2u]

im not too sure about putting a weird guy like bald and bankrupt over Akruas

[@stefslon]

bald and bankrupt is a predator lol

[@RobertLey60]

@@stefslon lol no

[@TheOmegakix]

@@stefslon prove it lol, I watched too many of his videos man, idk where the heck u get predator feels from him??? Maybe bcs he is an extrovert? So your little introvert underdeveloped brain thinks people who like to talk to strangers are predators? He's an epic adventure man. If you can't appreciate his videos, you're an low iq person.

[@TheOmegakix]

@@user-df3ty8ei2u Why weird? Because he talks to people, in real life... something you're afraid off bcs u lack social skills??? Explain before you shi*t.

[@HearsH96]

Love your work and can see the hours in your content. BUT Your membership fees are too high, I wish to contribute but 60 dollars a month is too steep. It'scomparable to the price of the game itself.

[@Akruas]

No idea where you see 60$, the lowest tier is 2$

[@MrBialy3000]

Poland was flooded by czechs. Don't forget that.

[@Akruas]

Sorry it rained here

[@Sir_Sheikhs_Pears]

@MrBiały3000 Really? And I thought it was the Swedes in the 17th century xd (the Polish-Swedish war of 1655-60, known in Poland as the "Swedish Deluge/Flood")

[@MrBialy3000]

No one informed the Polish side that the Czechs intend to drain water from the retention reservoirs. They would have more time to prepare for the cataclysm... Video is wonderful, as always. I just think that's important fact.

[@keenmate9719]

@@Akruas :-)))

[@Lenovo15477]

4:39 me thinking its pronounced "roklaw" and then he says "wrokslav" why is polish so wierd 😭😭

[@anidiotwithashovel]

124 views in 4 minutes bro fell off 💀

[@jimmypetrock]

:)

[@jimmypetrock]

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[@jimmypetrock]

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[@jimmypetrock]

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