Venice as not seen for a long time

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
03/20/2020 at 10:11 • Filed to: Travelopnik

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Just Jeepin' > Just Jeepin'
03/20/2020 at 10:15

Also, my favorite hotel chain just closed down. Temporarily, theoretically.

https://www.graduatehotels.com/covid-19-safety/

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Just Jeepin'
03/20/2020 at 10:15

Reminds me of the scene from Avengers:Endgame where Cap tells Natasha that the whales are coming back into Hudson bay because much fewer ships and pollution.

Well, half of the expected whales anyway

Just Jeepin' > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/20/2020 at 10:18

There’s no shortage of interesting economic, philosophical, and political questions arising from this. I really hope there are some significant positive changes that come out of this, because the negative ones are too depressing.

dumpsterfire! > Just Jeepin'
03/20/2020 at 10:20

i used to live in a colorado tourist destination, and we used to say repeatedly how awesome that place would be without all the damn tourists. of course that meant no jobs either.

Ash78, voting early and often > dumpsterfire!
03/20/2020 at 10:53

Hey, I always said California was the greatest state in the nation if it weren’t for all the Californians :D

I can’t take it back, I just regret what it might mean now.

Besides, there are like 15 native Californians, the rest just moved there for work...

DipodomysDeserti > Just Jeepin'
03/20/2020 at 11:20

To be clear, the title is misleading. The biologist in the article is quoted as saying that the wildlife has ways been there, you just can’t see it because the waters are muddied by boat traffic.

“ For goodness sake, it is not surprising there are fish in the canals of Venice,” he said. “If there were not, then we should all be worried as the lagoon here is a fragile ecosystem. People need to realise that if we control and cut down boat traffic in Venice and its lagoon then we could all discover a unique biosphere.”

Muddy waters will inhibit growth of plants and algae, which will eventually increase in numbers and produce an increase in the fish population.

OPPOsaurus WRX > DipodomysDeserti
03/20/2020 at 11:31

so its like if there was a power outage an then saying holy shit the stars have returned to the sky. no they have been there, we just couldn’ t see them. On the other hand, the air pollution in China has changed drastically.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/20/2020 at 11:57

Has it? Air quality in Beijing is like L.A. in the 60s before the EPA.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Ash78, voting early and often
03/20/2020 at 11:58

Besides, there are like 15 native Californians, the rest just moved there for work...

Florida seems to have a similar problem. And it’s not just the meth.

Ash78, voting early and often > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
03/20/2020 at 12:00

Absolutely.

/fl native

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Ash78, voting early and often
03/20/2020 at 12:07

My wife’s aunt/uncle unit retired and moved from NY to Ft Myers five years ago. Great place to visit, esp to escape winter in CT, but the way the place has been built up in just the time they’ve been there has me second guessing my own retirement plans in 15 years or so. Then again, the iceberg melt will submerge everything south of Orlando anyway..

DipodomysDeserti > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/20/2020 at 12:54

Huge shifts in air quality (which affects human health a whole lot more than this virus).

Nom De Plume > Ash78, voting early and often
03/20/2020 at 13:42

Paraphr ase that to Colorado.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
03/20/2020 at 14:16

i saw a satellite map showing a substantial change with all the factories closed

Ash78, voting early and often > Nom De Plume
03/20/2020 at 14:22

No kidding. I’m originally from the east coa st of FL and don’t even remember a time when NY culture didn’t dominate most interactions, even in small towns. But FL was founded as a tourist location and always offered huge incentives to retirees , so what can you really expect?

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/21/2020 at 13:18

Sadly, that is just a temporary situation.