Yikes - Italian train strikes?!

In my research for our trip I ran across articles about the somewhat frequent (but pre-planned/ announced) train strikes that occur in Italy.  I don't remember running in to any issues last visit - but the Internet sure is a wealth of information, and it is something I wanted to make sure we were aware of before leaving.

We've booked Trenitalia to get us from Rome to Florence, then Florence to Venice, then Venice back to Rome (with a short regional train ride to Santa Marinella for a night before back to Rome).

The following blog posts, found on Pinterest, explain where to look for info on if a strike may be coming.

https://www.italybeyondtheobvious.com/travelers-guide-strikes-italy
https://www.italiarail.com/strike-information
http://italyexplained.com/how-to-deal-with-italian-train-strikes/

As I reviewed the site today to see of upcoming scheduled strikes I was concerned to see one of our travel dates, October 15, as a scheduled national strike day.  We have an 11 am train booked to take us from Rome to Florence.

I looked at the detail, and not understanding Italian - but could tell the strike was for October 15-16 and impacted Trenitalia nationally.  My first reaction was "UGH!" and to look at rental car options or other bus options - neither of which are even remotely preferable.

Eventually I got wise enough to try to translate with google what this alert and strike detail was really saying and YAY, I think we'll be ok.  The planned strike is scheduled to take place from 21:00 (9 pm) on Saturday, Oct 15 through 21:00 (9 pm) on Sunday, Oct 16.  By that time we'll have taken our train ride to Florence and should be settled in until we head to Venice on the 18th.  Of course, we'll still have to watch close and be tuned in to what is going on as we get closer and after we arrive in Rome, but fortunately the strikes being planned and announced in advance seem to rarely change.  Whew!!