This Flood Barrier Could Save Venice

[@BigBoyBruin]

They should ask the dutch for help, we have been keeping our water out for a very long time

[@DanDanDoe]

I remember being there about 10 years ago and seeing Dutch engineers working on the barriers.

[@glennwebster1675]

I guess time will tell how brilliant this idea was.

[@OfftoShambala]

The mask wearing has me concerned that it may not be all that brilliant.

[@stejer211]

London and the Netherlands have been using similar constructions for decades, it's only now that Italy is waking up.

[@averageguy1261]

@@OfftoShambala That's an ignorant comment.

[@valerianocuomo996]

​@@averageguy1261 great engineering

[@stejer211]

@@valerianocuomo996 Jealous? Northern Europe ADMIRES Italy! We admire how, for decades, you have been producing the most beautiful cars that start rusting in the showroom. We admire your high-speed trains that can't handle a little snow, and the naval helicopters that can't handle salt water. We admire your viaducts that demolish themselves. We admire your fashion industry that imported the Covid-19 pandemic from China. We admire that you have one of the largest black economies, and still manage to retire at the age of 57. But what we admire most is that Italy, full of national pride, always passes the bill to Northern Europe and continue to get away with it.

[@rrdgz5355]

I hope this does work, there are a lot of cities that will need it in the future

[@juremyclorkson3518]

For 7B you can build a wall around it, circulate the water at the desired level and build a port on the outside of the wall

[@DanDanDoe]

The Netherlands has many examples of how one can deal with flooding risks from sea and rivers. Dutch engineers travel the entire world to help projects, but of course it’s expensive. Nonetheless it’s cheaper than dealing with the destruction of floods.

[@alexnutcasio936]

Testing phase? They've got this down to a science now and its been extremely successful in parting the waters.

[@kevinwolff]

Was going to say, this thing has been operating since 2020 and they've had 3 years to get it working. It's been very effective. The only issue now is determining when to open it so that it doesn't result in stagnant waters within the canals.

[@alexnutcasio936]

@@kevinwolff it’s only been open for up to approx 12 hours at a time……certainly not causing stagnant water

[@kevinwolff]

@@alexnutcasio936 right, currently it's working. But sea levels are rising rapidly with global warming and it's only a matter of time before they will need to leave it up longer. There are serious concerns locally about whether they would rather let the interior water go stagnant and keep the city safe, or to open it and let the flood waters in.

[@matthew-jy5jp]

I love PBS and all their affiliated station. PBS is literally the best television on television

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

I hope that a flood barrier truly does what it is specifically made for

[@sugeilydalizrivera4047]

My exact thoughts…

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

Depends on the flood size, but it can't stop the bigger and bigger ones coming.

[@lizardmilk]

Magnificent. But with 78 gates, it only takes one to fail for the system to be worthless. I would have thought a Panama Canal style gate would be much more reliable and future proof.

[@theflash2360]

not gonna lie just watched Lift (Kevin Hart) movie and wondered if that was real bc in movie they were raised… learned something today 👍🏾

[@austinp1438]

Haha same way I got here lol

[@carolnicholson8606]

But it isn't so much floods that threaten Venice, but the slowly rising ocean due to climate warming and glacial melting. I don't see these gates really preventing that.

[@valerianocuomo996]

3mt,

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

The gates separate the ocean from the city. They can block a high tide 3m higher than normal high tide. It'll be alright for a while.

[@bgmysko5559]

A true seawall solution will cost €900 billion. It would cost less to relocate some buildings and all art treasures to the mainland. Does Italy and EU want to spend close to a trillion Euros to save Venice?

[@austinp1438]

They don’t seem tall enough to keep out a significant flooding event

[@Historybuffest]

They go higher

[@bartbullock9742]

New York will be underwater in a few years, for the life of me I can't understand why they do not have a redundant Wall Street.

[@jarrelldonsondavid3083]

Malaysia and Italy are almost same conditions flood country and surrounded by sea

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

There's no 'saving' Venice, it's not just rising world tides, the poles the city is built on are sinking further down into the clay; and there's no way to fix them at this time. All sorts of damage from waves and boat wakes is usual now. Today the sea shelf has declined significantly in Antarctica.

[@valerianocuomo996]

Gelous? Is future,dam at gravity, is the first prototype,but stop high weather of 3 mt, is not for the apocalipse ,meteorite, ahaha,max at Venice 1,90mt

[@karidrgn]

There's projects to raise key buildings and firm up the land underneath. They also want to get rid of cruise ships saling into the city because the wakes erode the land.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

@@karidrgn One city can't change a world disaster around, but I hope all of the changes I've seen so far for this and other cities work out. Sadly, it reminds me of New Orleans pre-Katrina, as it was clear that a Katrina would happen at some point and destroy many homes and lives. They've pushed huge pumps and such scams on taxpayers for decades, but they can't change the fact that most of them are below sea level, nothing they do can change that or really protect them. My friend in Miami had to shelter in her condo due to floods just a few weeks ago. I pray for the best, but I know what the worst is and can be.

[@jarrelldonsondavid3083]

But Malaysia is starting to became like Italy since 27 November 2021

[@joszoet4003]

In case of an hurricane or heavy storm , Its not solid enough.. If one element brake down, the hole system fails..

[@SkeelesFortySeven3277]

I keep hearing sea levels rising and droughts in a lot of places. So pump the sea water out desalinate and pump it into the droughted areas.

[@amankamble2536]

How the team injects compressed air..?

[@markwilliamson2795]

Power source protection and delivery of compressed air in an earthquake...fire.....terrorist strike...tanker sunk on top of sunken barrier...

[@paualdinicola]

Just add some windmills

[@The_Warpath]

"masterpiece of Italian engineering" sounds like an oxymoron. I hope no automotive engineers were involved.

[@vikivictoriavictoria8164]

Yo se nigil

[@Hasiya.a]

Came here after watching Kevin Hart’s movie “Lift”…

[@John-ci8yk]

There's only one solution for venice, and they know what it is because they used it for over 800 years. Knock down the old buildings and build on top of them which slowly raises the street level. They stopped doing that in the early 1800s because of Tourism, and that's why they're in the situation they are in now. As for those barriers, yes they'll stop the ocean from coming in but it also stop the human waste from leaving the canals. Remember they use their canals to get rid of their Raw sewage. Thanks and thumbs up on the video I remember Nova did a episode on this barrier when they first started to build it.

[@miciamiaomiao]

The barriers are lifted occasionally, so there is no danger that dirty water will stay in the laguna.

[@John-ci8yk]

@@miciamiaomiao That I did not know, thank you for the information. Full disclaimer, I am prejudiced against all barriers that try to hold the ocean back. Yes I know it's the Mediterranean Sea but it's basically the ocean. I had to watch Katrina completely destroy New Orleans and if that wasn't bad enough my own governments ineptitude to help the people. Not to mention the people in nursing homes that were literally abandoned to their own fate. So I will admit that my comment did have bias to it. Thank you for your reply, have a nice day. Also at the time I thought president Bush would go down as the worst president in history for his handling of the hurricane, obviously I was wrong by a factor of ten. Just be thankful President Trump wasn't in charge of building your barriers.

[@miciamiaomiao]

Hi@@John-ci8yk you are welcome!

[@stejer211]

​@@John-ci8yk Sorry for saying so but you sound incredibly uninformed. Do yourself a favor and read up on the Dutch Delta Works, Wikipedia is a good start.

[@seeburgm100a]

@@John-ci8yk you sound like a liberal democrat. Be extra thankful that Biden wasn't in charge. He can't find his way off a stage. Trump got more built in his term while under constant attack from the left than any president in modern history. So how about getting your facts straight before pointing fingers. As to your precious New Orleans, I loved how the people there would rather loot and destroy than help their neighbors. I can still see clearly in my mind's eye the image of a man with a new Big Screen TV in a shopping cart wheeling it across a bridge to vacate the area.. now what in the world was that TV going to do for him?

[@jarrelldonsondavid3083]

Flood and tsunami

[@MichaelRusso]

It's a stupid design. I would have expected better. How about a wall with gates instead.

[@averageguy1261]

Its okay, you're not paying for it.

[@MichaelRusso]

@@averageguy1261 Remind me to not hire them for gutter work to the house.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

They didn't want to spoil the sea view. The water needs to be able to come in and out when the tide isn't too high. There is a container port in the lagoon so they need very large ships to be able to cross.

[@CUXOB2]

So just one thing needs to get stuck once and your city is gone. Just make is permanent omg.

[@kristensorensen2219]

So much malarkey!!🤣

[@AxelFreeDog-ob9fg]

20 years to fund 8 million project that would cost 20 billion here and take 8yrs max. Lazy italians. Build this around all beaches. Stop the boats.

[@kennypool]

Venice is sinking, the water isn't rising

[@dcallan812]

Well, both

[@bngr_bngr]

The number of tourist is sinking it.

[@dcallan812]

@@bngr_bngr especially the fat ones. 🤣🤣

[@aaronq2627]

Italians should just hire Germans to do this

[@DanDanDoe]

Why Germans? I think they actually hired Dutch engineers for this and other projects.

[@drpepper3838]

Germans know nothing about watermanagment

[@michelemartini2011]

​@@DanDanDoedon't worry,we already have the engineers we need and the are there ITALIANS

[@Alesxandros]

Why, mose is working, venice was saved for 15 times in 2023...germans can learn from us😂

[@Alesxandros]

​@@DanDanDoenope 100% italian project i'm sorry for your ego

[@chitown38]

Looks slow and awkward. I think it will malfunction. Just give everyone a personal floatation device.

[@JustFiddler]

nobody can save venice

[@Alesxandros]

*saved

[@emmanouilachladiotis5272]

Why build a city there in the first place. There was no hard land around it?😂 only this little above water? So in a few years rebuild another with higher barriers

[@peacefullyme848]

It was established in the year 421 (1603 years ago). It being built there was a good defense system against enemies and allowed for more stable trade.

[@xJuiCYxxJaYx]

this looks cheap and full of problems. Are the Italians boasting technological marvels using the ancient ballast system?

[@stevewise1656]

Italian engineering is an oxymoron.

[@valerianocuomo996]

Ever gelous of italy, 😂

[@stevewise1656]

@@valerianocuomo996 Never...😂 Been all around the country and it's barely civilized. If you like getting pickpocketed, navigating quadruple parking, smelly women, inhaling cigarette smoke...then you'll love Italy.

[@valerianocuomo996]

@@stevewise1656 you from England, very poor England. Italy is 2ND in all in Europa, after germany:ITALIAN EXPORT IS identik to SPAIN +ENGLAND!!.INDUSTRY is incredible.Italy has leadership in all the strategic assets : 1st build in Europa Of combat ships and cruise, 2ND in the world, Automotive ,national industry, England is ridiculess: is a small automotive from ever,but was british,now, is only finance,but only to London London is great, beuty, not Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, new castle, poors,ONLY area of London has 50% of the GDP british!!! In italy 2ND CITY is Milan, UK...Birmingham ahahah. Return to before: Aston Martin is italian, LAND ROVER acquisided from..indian TATA !🤣🤣Incredibile, before you: " italian engineering is an oxymoron",IN 100km² there is the legend of the MOTOR VALLEY: oxymoron?All the onlys and unique Supercars:FERRARI PAGANI MASERATI LAMBORGHINI DALLARA, also SUPERMOTO : DUCATI APRILIA GUZZI :you re inglish, only the England has a great sense of inferiority to italy,.Engineering of missilistic sistems? Leadership HELICOPTERs, LEONARDO GROUP acquisided all THE BRITISH INDUSTRY HELICOPTERS, THIS IS THE MOTIVE OF THE SENSE OF INFERIORITY? AH ,NAVY ,airforce, italy has CAPABILITY incredible, is also gas and petrolium less. ENGINEERING OF HIGH SPEED RAILS AND WAY S? Italy acquisided 30% of eurotunnel, in italy ,only mountains, build HSR FOR 50,100 km underland. Dam OF VENICE, the most great engineering work of the last century South Italy is identik to UK, londonless, UK is only rain,pubs, alcolist, now I CRY

[@strongbelieveroftheholybible]

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[@elinope4745]

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[@strongbelieveroftheholybible]

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[@koriw1701]

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[@nooneimportant1985]

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[@strongbelieveroftheholybible]

@@nooneimportant1985 the devil is a liar

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

Man has adapted to climate change since the dawn of time. A little silly to think rise of water would mean catastrophe. Life adapts, It may even prove beneficial.

[@PoliticalNewsNetwork]

That’s the dumbest comment I’ve ever seen of course it will be catastrophic when we lose thousands of towns and cities along the cost

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

And all the people will drown. Standing there as water creeps in inch by inch over the years. Sure thing. And Venice, Italy did not build upon the ruins of the flooded city? You must not read at all, for me to be the stupidest. @@PoliticalNewsNetwork

[@edwardmaddocks2779]

not to mention crop failure and famine in Africa.@@PoliticalNewsNetwork

[@williamelewis464]

Try 8.3 ft

[@CanadianBear47]

What about general sea levels rising?

[@valerianocuomo996]

Sea level? 3 mt ,for the change of the clime is perfect, the problem is the pression of the weather on the paratoie yellow