The Mammoth Flood Barrier Saving Venice From Drowning [4K] | Heavy Lift

Constant high water has been eroding the city of Venice for decades. The plan to build a surge barrier against the tides that cause the so-called "Acqua Alta" has been underway for nearly forty years, but only now is the massive 7-billion-euro surge barrier nearing completion.
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[@tomwilliam5118]

I saw something recent about the floodgates that when they were in the upright position debris or sediment would collect in the space where they're supposed to retract into causing the gates not to fully close. They cannot seem to find a way to prevent that.

[@screwthecabal6453]

They Never should have built Venice in the first place!! Their own selfishness caused this from the beginning and will ultimately be their own demise.

[@tilethio]

You are correct. Water fluid and will find a water to enter through.

[@september29ification]

Isn't it that the city is sinking not that water is rising?

[@simontay4851]

both.

Venice had become so vulnerable to Zionist blackmail. Explosives are in place, all it takes to push a button and finish Venice. Another manmade tsunami. Katrina dam explosion, masterpiece of the same guys.

[@dougwade1332]

Yes. Water levels are not rising its a myth. Plenty of scientific measurements showing that.

[@september29ification]

@@dougwade1332 It's all grant money and narrative. All you have to do is look at the science of solar, axis, 100k yr cycles.

[@tilethio]

This may help for flood prevention and I am not sure for high tide.

[@markrowland1366]

Fifty years ago I visited and was told how pumping out water from the ground would soon flood Venice. I have never considered fifty years to be soon.

[@tilethio]

The petro companies should invest on desalination plants of salt water than pumping ground water irresponsibly.

[@patrikisgod]

great narration!

[@paulsnickles2420]

Very interesting video 👍👍

[@ElTelBaby]

I'd NEVER go back to Venice... The most SMELLIEST Place one could imagine... I've worked in numerous back end sewerage plants;... tanneries... Along with Kitchen Grease Traps... Venice beat them all...

[@williamfowler616]

and they say what smell, the air is fresh and clean

[@davidwoods7408]

Move!

[@michaelschneider2874]

Water WILL seek it's OWN Level . In spite of their best efforts ! Water will rise up from behind the Gates ! Liquifaction !!!

[@traderryan713]

Thats badass.

[@michaelwawryk4875]

I wanna visit this city before it disappears. My bucket list for locations. Arabia- Japan- Australia- South Africa’s- Icelands and both poles- Northern south America’s-

[@Tgspartnership]

what we waiting for

[@ZeeMann777]

Yesss BBRAAAVOOO LA ITLIA, I bn waiting for paisanos to come up with some of the most sophisticated piece of marvel OF engineering,,that rivals ,,the France/ UK ,,,Switzerland tunnels even the dutch barriers...!!! I knew you could do it,,look at what you bn making that dazzles the world ( exotic,,breath taking cars) no need to mention what are they.....!!!!!!!

[@aarononeal9830]

Hi have you heard of Ecosia they are a search engine that plants tress !!!!

[@airplayn]

How much you wanna bet that those petrochemical companies that profited from pumping all that "free" groundwater haven't paid a penny of those profits to offset the Italian taxpayer burden to pay for this barrier?

[@tilethio]

The government should have started by banning them from pumping ground water like crazy and distort from messing nature's balance. In this day and age, we have hundreds of ways to get water for industrial use. They just choose the easy old way. They should contribute on salt water desalination projects at list.

[@airplayn]

Birds are actually pretty smart, considering you have shit for brains! And all that hot air you fart through that big mouth just makes those smelly brain farts you bray out while sounding like the jackass you obviously are. Your moronic jingoistic mockery of intelligent banter that leaks from your blowhole like the jism you yank out of a filthy body no other human would approach with a ten foot pole, and even then, only in an attempt to put you out of your misery little man! But you spread that misery to descent human beings just by opening that silly piehole. Try to keep it shut so the vacuum in your tin plated excuse for an empty head only useful to wrap your aluminum foil headpiece! Now F O and let the adults talk about things you can't even dream to comprehend!

[@EricJohnson-dr5wb]

Those are some pretty skinny sand barriers. If any of them give way it will be game over. And it will be a sudden flood a la Hurricane Katrina.

[@kingdomkhmer9862]

KINGDOM

[@anonviewerciv]

23:30 Mechanism.

[@KenanTurkiye]

And they said Titanic was unsinkable, so yeah.

[@RonFilco.9358]

One more degree (not exclusively from global warming either) and the little wall won't matter but I hope something works for the citizens sake.

[@dougwade1332]

Like...Florida was going to be under water by 2020? Stop drinking the kool-aid. Climate propagandist have been wrong every time.

[@MrBdobb]

Wasn't this a massive screw up?

[@angusosborne3151]

it's an amazing feat of technology but it's only going to delay the inevitable.

[@HoldOffHunger]

Why do youtube channels have video intros? Is this the 90's and I'm watching this on a CRT through local cable?

[@harrickvharrick3957]

I hope they first had the whole of project computed and some scale models of the actual floating barriers tested by the Dutch waterworks organisation that can do this

[@rwolfe180]

So much for the Roman engineering knowhow, Italy is going from one major construction failure to another.

[@Jameson4327]

Sadly once again you did not answer the question! Did the gates work? Seeing how it started in 2006 and it’s 2022 and there’s still no proof they are going to work?

[@mars6284]

its working. been used plenty of times already

[@tilethio]

@@mars6284 Are those a test runs or the real thing?

[@mars6284]

@@tilethio it’s fully in use despite being still under construction as the system is completed but minor areas are yet to be completed (not sure when’s the inauguration). The interviews found in the documentary are from 2015 and you can find both tests and actual activation videos on KZbin but they’re in Italian of course.

[@thearab59]

Still not working as at Feb. 2022.

[@nicolek4076]

The way he says "mose" sounds like "Mosé" the Italian word for Moses (from the bible) which is very confusing.

[@emilyemily4946]

Apa yang Anda Pikirkan?

[@emilyemily4946]

eemily792 v

[@MrCameronsterling]

Always looked like a cool place to visit on tv, but in all actuality I’ll pass, from what other’s say it smells really bad and I believe that, hopefully they can keep it from going under but you can only hold off Mother Nature for so long….

[@michaelhay8712]

Beset with corruption, endemic design flaws & lack of capacity. Usual practice for large infrastructure projects in Italy.

[@alpteknbaser7773]

👏🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@dougby1328]

Have they thought of moving little away upper away from the water ? Why fight mother nature its a loosing fight .

[@blissmagick296]

If they built a huge basin at the Polar Ice Caps to catch the run off fresh water and piped it to where it’s needed the Thermal Conveyor wouldn’t be threatened which will be the end of man kind these issues would be solved.

[@Tgspartnership]

where would it need to go? is it possible? would it be impossibly large to construct? that sounds like an actual solution to something, for a change. simple solution might be the way forward methinks. it a nice idea thanks for mentioning.

[@kkuhn]

That's a stupid idea

[@thetrueFiziks]

Stop giving people more ideas... people need to just stop touching everything

[@dougwade1332]

Humans are good at solving problems its what we do.

[@Sherlock245]

Very misleading title the mose stil cannot save the city. There are still so many issue making the city likely to sink its shocking

[@tilethio]

I am very astonished with the scale of this project and dwtermination of the engineers. But can some body tell me how can this prevent high tides coming to the city? Such structures became successful in Holand to prevent flooding and not high tide. This structure might prevent the city from a gashing high speed. High tide is not a flood, it is a gradual process of rise in ocean floor and the water will some what find a way to enter the lagon. Isn't the long term and sustainable solution reclaiming the habitat and invest on sea water desalination plants rather than pumping ground water like crazy? The proffesor talking about pumping water to the ground cavities seems to have an Idea but It will be fruitful only if the greedy Peter companies stop pumping ground water and disrupt nature's balance. May God help Venus for another 500 years or so.

[@paladancray7242]

What ole Mah nature and a City built on what it Needs for Commerce will always mix and rebalance or Not HUH! These folks will figure it out as usual!

[@rachater1]

[0orn p]pi this

[@amorevirgil2849]

You gout it right, , engineering is amazing

[@victoramor]

what is the use of spending 7 billion euros for venice when it will be under water after some years from rising level of the ocean..... relocate venice on higher grounds.....

[@BroccoliHead7]

327th like

[@Enonymouse_]

Venice is built on literal swamp land anyway. Not expecting it to sink under the weight of the cities various structures is just insanity, never mind the rising sea levels. Venice was originally built by an ancient celtic tribe, but the huns sacked it and colonized the area IIRC. The swampy region afforded the Atila some defensive measures against incursions from aspiring conquerers.

[@screwthecabal6453]

Damn humans will NEVER learn! You CAN'T change your environment on our living mother earth and expect it to stay that way. The cost to keep on putting band aid on after band aid with dire consequences to people, nature, animals and our planet overshadows our selfish needs and wants and we ALWAYS LOSE IN THE END!!

Venice had become so vulnerable to Zionist blackmail. Explosives are in place, all it takes to push a button and finish Venice. Another manmade tsunami. Katrina dam explosion, masterpiece of the same guys.

[@amorevirgil2849]

You know npthing of engineering

[@darrellschulte3868]

Seriously ? No matter what they do, eventually it will end up under water. Just start plowing most of it under, and start building new on top of it

Venice had become so vulnerable to Zionist blackmail. Explosives are in place, all it takes to push a button and finish Venice. Another manmade tsunami. Katrina dam explosion, masterpiece of the same guys.

[@user-dj3bk5cn6n]

sad

[@habibbari1]

let it go under , evil place

[@Kiyoone]

This will not work

[@tours7327]

The moment you mention global warming. I go somewhere else..

[@dougwade1332]

Agreed. How many times do climate propagandist have to be wrong before people will wake up.

[@John_Redcorn_]

A better idea: stop trying to save a city built on muddy marshland. The people who built on it orginally made that mistake: dont keep repeating it.

[@SOULRELIEF22]

When GOD says WATER NO one can stop it. JUDGMENT is in the WHOLE world. REPENTANCE is the ONLY WAY out. GOD is STILL sayinb; "If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14! This world system is shutting down. "All we have is time to live for JESUS!"

[@audioandscifibooks3170]

Fkn ads.i pay premium. No fkn ads Google arses

[@cynthiatyler1606]

Sea levels have risen in my lifetime on the Texas coast line by a staggering amount. Highway that used to go along the coast for a hundred miles are gone. Land owners have lost land mass for cattle grazing to this ocean invasion. Tell me that the environment is not changing. I believe that humans are responsible for this change. But yet at the same time I believe that the earth has been going thru this evolution many times throughout the life times of planet evolution.

[@mcburcke]

The ocean is not rising; the Gulf Coast is sinking as a result of isostatic rebound still in progress after the end of the last glacial maximum.

[@seangreene64]

@@mcburcke people don’t seem to get it

[@hl3641]

Why can’t they just spend these money to build a NEW and BETTER cities …. Waste of money

[@kelmcast]

not worth it

[@jaydelrosario8119]

YTALEINS XARDENIAN ZEAXILYAN

[@youjustdontgetit8117]

Its sinking huh?!?!? Wow...you guys think we're stupid!!!

[@giuseppeferreri6640]

Also through the years Venice has been invaded by tourism & trashy throwing all over the city’s water 💦 has done a lot of damage

[@StarrDust0]

pretty gross they don't treat their sewage...disgusting for visitors, I'd never go there.

[@curtcoller3632]

... and I spent an entire life to learn this lesson: people pay the taxes and will never say a word if it's wasted. Congrats EU parliament. I'm glad I'm no longer a politician there. I left before the EU was established. Unfortunately right now I see the stupid face of sloppy Jo Biden, but that will change.