Prague [and surrounding areas/countries] have second '100 year flood' in ten years!

[Peter Lemkin]

I've been meaning to ask you how you are faring over there in the deluge.

Me personally, I'm only inconvenienced....and go every day to look at the river down the hill. The metro is closed; many tram lines are not running. The police are keeping all tourists and onlookers away from the river area [without success]. The rise is slow, but steady. It is RIGHT at the point where it would breach the defenses and flood the 850-1250 year old old center and some of the surrounding newer areas. The Charles Bridge is closed so that heavy machinery can clear floating homes etc. away from the historic bridge foundations. We had about ten days of nothing but rain. Today is the first day I see only clouds, without rain. But that could be just here. The river drains a much larger area. One island in the middle of the river known [in Czech] as 'Archers Island' because during the Medieval period, the Kings archers practiced their fighting skills there, is below 3-4 meters of water and it was undergoing a 'facelift', as it is a park...one I often go to with my dog....all the year's work is washed away, if not the island itself. That statue I have a picture of sinking, as the waters rise is usually about 10 meters above water line...now the head is totally underwater..if it is still there. Sewage is no longer being treated, but dumped into the river and they are considering shutting the water treatment plant. It is a fun time for all. :wavey: So glad they learned the lessons of ten years ago. Here are some firemen, police, and soldiers erecting part of the several km long artificial water barrier on both sides of the river near the historic Old Center. Once that is breached, there is nothing that can be done.....

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