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The Great Paris Flood of 1910 will happen again—and it'll be even worse than last time.
The Great Paris Flood of 1910 began a century ago this week, but it never quite subsided. Indeed, as locals ponder surreal archival photographs on display now in Paris to mark that epic disaster, there is something patently eerie about commemorating the 100th anniversary of a so-called "centennial flood." In recent months, public authorities fretted about how to keep the Great War relevant on the 90th anniversary of the WWI armistice, now that its last French veteran has perished and a replay is so thankfully unlikely.
Couldn't happen again, the river Seine now is heavily regulated with dams and huge reservoirs upriver. Just another urban legend, it seems nowadays people are always looking for the worse.
except for montmarte, paris is a very flat and low-lying city.
i love walking along the high walls bordering the seine and shopping for old books and art at those green kiosks and watching old men in berets
catching perch with their long poles as the ferries pass by.
an early morning standing on the pont neuf, which is being worked on, before paris wakes up is magical.
Belleville is also an hill and it is way better than the overtouristy and fake Montmartre.
Honestly I hate the Seine bank near the Ile de la Cite Louvre... I don't feel in Paris but in touristland.
Of course the flood will rehappen, the huge reservoirs don't have a suffisant capacity to prevent this and the urban area of Paris is now much more populated and urbanised than in 1910. (not in the center but the suburbs)
This is the flood in 1910, in red this is the built up place. The area was still quite rural, especially the most affected part (Genevilliers, Vitry, Alfortville...)
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Honestly I am not that affraid by it, some signifant damage in the overtouristy district around the Seine would be positive for the city.
We lack of housing and many other thing it will help redevelopment.
The problem is more the technical infrastructures, transportation, electricity...
Also the pollution, the southeastern bank of the Seine are still pretty much industrial.
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Belleville is also an hill and it is way better than the overtouristy and fake Montmartre.
Honestly I hate the Seine bank near the Ile de la Cite Louvre... I don't feel in Paris but in touristland.
Of course the flood will rehappen, the huge reservoirs don't have a suffisant capacity to prevent this and the urban area of Paris is now much more populated and urbanised than in 1910. (not in the center but the suburbs)
This is the flood in 1910, in red this is the built up place. The area was still quite rural, especially the most affected part (Genevilliers, Vitry, Alfortville...)
Today everything inside this map is urbanised.
Honestly I am not that affraid by it, some signifant damage in the overtouristy district around the Seine would be positive for the city.
We lack of housing and many other thing it will help redevelopment.
The problem is more the technical infrastructures, transportation, electricity...
Also the pollution, the southeastern bank of the Seine are still pretty much industrial.
Gosh you really hate tourism
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