What a story! I'd heard of this phenomenon in Venice, but didn't know the name for it and didn't know how it had been solved.
I've never been to Venice but had a somewhat similar experience in NYC in 2022. My daughter and I had tickets to see "Springsteen on Broadway" -- the rest of Broadway had not opened yet. It was raining hard and as the show started, we heard a lot of phone alerts ringing, which seemed odd. When we got out, my daughter had messages all over her phone saying that there had been serious flooding in Brooklyn. None of the subways were running and we were stuck uptown in torrential rain. She had the wherewithal to quickly book a nearby hotel online ,where we stayed with just the clothes on our back. Other drenched people were streaming in.
The next day, it was as if nothing had happened, although there was some fairly minor flood damage here and there.
What a story! I'd heard of this phenomenon in Venice, but didn't know the name for it and didn't know how it had been solved.
I've never been to Venice but had a somewhat similar experience in NYC in 2022. My daughter and I had tickets to see "Springsteen on Broadway" -- the rest of Broadway had not opened yet. It was raining hard and as the show started, we heard a lot of phone alerts ringing, which seemed odd. When we got out, my daughter had messages all over her phone saying that there had been serious flooding in Brooklyn. None of the subways were running and we were stuck uptown in torrential rain. She had the wherewithal to quickly book a nearby hotel online ,where we stayed with just the clothes on our back. Other drenched people were streaming in.
The next day, it was as if nothing had happened, although there was some fairly minor flood damage here and there.
Wow! That is quite a story too. I've been to Broadway, but have never experienced flooding like that!
A once in a lifetime experience!
It definitely was, because with MOSE, the acqua alta is no more.