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| At 8:30 you could still enjoy the snow on Salizzada di Pignater--if you could find shelter from the wind |
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| Campo Bandiera e Moro looked nice under snow, but the wind and wet blowing snow were even worse here |
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| By the time I reached Ponte dei Greci, the snow had entirely given way to rain |
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| By 9 pm the tide, driven by the scirocco, was washing over Riva degli Schiavoni, heading toward--the comune warns--a height of 160 cm above its mean just after midnight. If it reaches it, it will be the highest since 1986, and nearly 70% of the city will be flooded. I felt lucky to have kept my camera dry--it was not easy--but I was wet enough already without waiting for the water to get any higher, so I headed home. |
Les photos sont splendides et merci de les partager avec nous ! Il est bientôt minuit est-ce que l'acqua alta est aussi haute que celle annoncée ? Quelle angoisse pour vous !
ReplyDeleteYou are very kind to be concerned and I'm happy to say, as ytaba36 notes below, that the water did not get quite as high as they feared. But certainly high enough.
DeleteWe are lucky to live in a place that never gets flooded--no, not even in 1966--so we have little reason to worry. But of course it makes extra work for many others: like the grandfather of one of Sandro's friends: he owns a trasporti company and TWO of his work boats (mototopi) were submerged by the storm and had to be hauled up this morning. They won't know until the motors dry out whether they will work or not.
What an evening and night that was! Thank goodness the tide did not achieve its forecast height.
ReplyDeleteIt got plenty high enough, Yvonne, but you're right, we're lucky it didn't go higher. Those sciroccos combined with a big storm are dangerous!
DeleteWhat beautiful and amazing photographs! I was glued to the Hotel Concordia webcam, watching the snow give way to acqua alta. thanks for being our intrepid reporter and sharing these images with us!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Susie, old "tough as snails", after much hesitation, finally braved the storm... The comune website actually published a police advisory that everyone should stay home--but it seemed more pertinent to Mestre and their roads and cars than Venice with its vaporetti and calli. Wow, watching a storm on a webcam! You really are loyal to Venice!
DeleteThank you so much for sharing! The photos are amazing. I can't even imagine how terrible cold the wind must be.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing, Paula, is that the wind was strong, and awful because of the rain & snow it was blowing, but not so cold, really. Because it was a scirocco coming from the south, it warmed the air enough finally that the snow turned to hard rain. Now if it had been a Bora wind, coming from the North, it really would have been cold!
DeleteBut if it had been a Bora, from the North, the acqua alta probably wouldn't have been as bad. The scirocco wind is the worst for acqua alta, as it forces the Adriatic waters northward with more mass than usual. Or something generally like that.
Wow. I was in there that day! Aqua alta with snow were terrible !!
ReplyDeleteIt was certainly something to see, wasn't it, Christina? Luckily it doesn't happen often it seems, so you witnessed a rarity, which is not so easy to do in Venice.
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