Venice Is Flooding, Too

Seasonal floods have hit the Italian city, but the knee-deep waters don’t seem to distract tourists at all. A stark contrast to the flooded Mid-Atlantic. posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:13pm EDT

Jessica Testa BuzzFeed Staff posted about 7 months ago

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Venice Is Flooding, Too

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ssb062000 7 months ago

Pictures of NYC flooding : people huddled in homes with generators clutching to their Macbook Pros. Pictures of Venice Flooding : people smiling and continuing everyday life (walking in markets, sitting at cafe tables, etc)
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That water looks amazingly clean.
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Care not I would. In the water I’d be! ;)
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that would suck if you dropped your phone
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j samms 7 months ago

It’s my favorite city in the world, so please know I am not making light of this, but it happens every year in Venice. Quite different than what is going on elsewhere.
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