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Yawn; didn't even break the record of 194cm or 76.37 inches record on 04NOV66 vs 1.87m or 73.62 inches on 12NOV2019. It's gotta be Climate Change though; "yeah, that's the ticket. Sounds impossible but yet it happened"!
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SPC Kevin Ford
PO1 John Johnson
The article itself addresses this:
"This latest Acqua Alta (high water) occurrence in Venice is the second highest tide the city has experienced in recorded history. However, if we look at the top 10 tides, five have occurred in the past 20 years and the most recent was only last year.
While we should try to avoid attributing a single event to climate change, the increased frequency of these exceptional tides is obviously a big concern. In our changing climate, sea levels are rising and a city such as Venice, which is also sinking, is particularly susceptible to such changes."
The article itself addresses this:
"This latest Acqua Alta (high water) occurrence in Venice is the second highest tide the city has experienced in recorded history. However, if we look at the top 10 tides, five have occurred in the past 20 years and the most recent was only last year.
While we should try to avoid attributing a single event to climate change, the increased frequency of these exceptional tides is obviously a big concern. In our changing climate, sea levels are rising and a city such as Venice, which is also sinking, is particularly susceptible to such changes."
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As tragic as this is, is not sort of humerus that a city built on land that is sinking and uses canals for its streets is flooding. I am shocked this has not been a bigger issue years ago, and most likely was.
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