Prague Flood Damage?
 

How much of the Old Town was (is?) flooded? What is the extent of
architectural damage?

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

    > How much of the Old Town was (is?) flooded? What is the extent of
    > architectural damage?



Fortunately, all famous and admired tourist attractions resisted (Charles Bridge in
Prague, UNESCO Heritage Cesky Krumlov) or they were intact (Prague Castle & Jewish
City, Prague). However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.

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Ivan Sever <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Fortunately, all famous and admired tourist attractions resisted (Charles Bridge in
    >Prague, UNESCO Heritage Cesky Krumlov) or they were intact (Prague Castle & Jewish
    >City, Prague).
I'm glad to hear that.

    >However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.
No submarines available?

PB

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In article <[email protected]>, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > >However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.
    > >
    > No submarines available?


Nope, just some sea lions that escaped from the zoo...

Ivan

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Ivan Sever <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>, Padraig Breathnach
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.
    >> >
    >> No submarines available?
    > Nope, just some sea lions that escaped from the zoo...
I believe that they are making great progress towards the Baltic.

PB

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In article <[email protected]>, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > >> >However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.
    > >> >
    > >> No submarines available?
    > >
    > >
    > > Nope, just some sea lions that escaped from the zoo...
    > >
    > I believe that they are making great progress towards the Baltic.



Except that the female is missing. So Gaston is now on his own...

Ivan

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We had been planning to take the train from Munich to Prague the first week in
October. Do you think they will have the metro service running then? Do you think
it would still be worth the trip?

Thanks, Thor


"Ivan Sever" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]
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    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] wrote:
    > > How much of the Old Town was (is?) flooded? What is the extent of architectural
    > > damage?
    > Fortunately, all famous and admired tourist attractions resisted (Charles Bridge in
    > Prague, UNESCO Heritage Cesky Krumlov) or they were intact (Prague Castle & Jewish
    > City, Prague). However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.
    > Ivan Czech Republic FAQ: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepage.html
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    > Ivan

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In article <[email protected]>, "Thor"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > We had been planning to take the train from Munich to Prague the first week in
    > October. Do you think they will have the metro service running then? Do you think
    > it would still be worth the trip?



I think it'll be worth the trip. The metro got flooded, the water broke in at
two different sections, but the trains are running on a small portion of a
different branch.

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On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:41:05 -0400, Ivan Sever <[email protected]> wrote: but
then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual!
    >In article <[email protected]>,
    >[email protected] wrote:
    >> How much of the Old Town was (is?) flooded? What is the extent of architectural
    >> damage?
    >Fortunately, all famous and admired tourist attractions resisted (Charles Bridge in
    >Prague, UNESCO Heritage Cesky Krumlov) or they were intact (Prague Castle & Jewish
    >City, Prague). However metro service will not be restored for a couple of month.


A friend had already booked to go next weekend. Do you have any advice? Should
she cancel? She's unlikely to be bothered by a lack of subway or some facilities
being closed.

Megan
--
Megan Farr Montgomery

Lille kat, lille kat, lille kat på vejen Hvis er du, Hvis er du Jeg er
sgu' min egen
- Piet Hein

Re: Prague Flood Damage?
 

The old town escaped damage, no flooding

Re: Prague Flood Damage?
 

In article <[email protected]>, Megan
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > A friend had already booked to go next weekend. Do you have any advice? Should
    > she cancel? She's unlikely to be bothered by a lack of subway or some facilities
    > being closed.



Right now, the rancid smell of the mud left behind by the flood seems to be the
problem... :-(

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But I guess the cleaning operation is just going through the motions?

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newstartnz <[email protected]> wrote:
    >Originally posted by Ivan Sever:
    >> In article , Megan wrote:
    >> > A friend had already booked to go next weekend. Do you have any advice? Should
    >> > she cancel? She's unlikely to be bothered by a lack of subway or some
    >> > facilities being closed.
    >> Right now, the rancid smell of the mud left behind by the flood seems to be the
    >> problem... :-(
    >> Ivan Czech Republic FAQ: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepa-
    >> ge.htmlhttp://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepage.html
    >> - A Unique Internet Resource Since 1994 -
    >But I guess the cleaning operation is just going through the motions?

What a shitty idea. It pisses me off.

PB

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In article <[email protected]>, newstartnz
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > > Right now, the rancid smell of the mud left behind by the flood seems to be the
    > > problem... :-(
    > >
    > > Ivan Czech Republic FAQ: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepa-
    > > ge.htmlhttp://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepage.html
    > > - A Unique Internet Resource Since 1994 -
    > >
    > But I guess the cleaning operation is just going through the motions?



Well, the army and volunteers are cleaning and disinfecting round the clock and there
are sections in the Old Town that are already back in the original state. On the
other hand, today there were 3 tenement houses in the Karlin district that
collapsed....

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On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:57:52 GMT, Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:

    >newstartnz <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>Originally posted by Ivan Sever:
    >>> In article , Megan wrote:
    >>> > A friend had already booked to go next weekend. Do you have any advice?
    >>> > Should she cancel? She's unlikely to be bothered by a lack of subway or some
    >>> > facilities being closed.
    >>> Right now, the rancid smell of the mud left behind by the flood seems to be the
    >>> problem... :-(
    >>> Ivan Czech Republic FAQ: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepa-
    >>> ge.htmlhttp://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepage.html
    >>> - A Unique Internet Resource Since 1994 -
    >>But I guess the cleaning operation is just going through the motions?
    >What a shitty idea. It pisses me off.

What a crap thing to say, especially after the waters have been rising excrementally.
Still, what do you expect from rich, effluent people such as yourself.