Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

News

Italian Earthquake

15 replies

butterflymum · 06/04/2009 16:35

Seeing the pictures at:

this link

certainly puts a lot of threads into perspective and makes you think of how fortunate many of us are.

OP posts:
sassy · 06/04/2009 17:02

True. Horrible for people caught up in it.

MoreSpamThanGlam · 06/04/2009 17:08

My daughter is on a field trip in Sorrento until wednesday with the school.

I was utterly freaked out this morning.

Its really dreadful, sad day for Italians

Bucharest · 06/04/2009 17:14

Sorrento is a long way down. As am I.
The dreadful thing is that these people will probably end up living in caravans for years while the govt fannies around. There are still people living in tents/caravans from the earthquake in Assisi over a decade ago.

lalalonglegs · 06/04/2009 17:32

There are still some people living in caravans from the Naples earthquake in the 1980s. It is horrifying.

MoreSpamThanGlam · 06/04/2009 18:43

Yet there seems to be so little press on this...

I know Sorrento is a way off but it still churns my belly over.

Have the Italians asked for aid?

gio71 · 06/04/2009 19:01

Our wonderful PM Berlusconi has said that all the money that is necessary will be available plus there is money from the catastrophe fund in the EU. But looking at how this has never happened with past disasters of this kind it is hard to imagine that it will be any different this time. Plus I have zero faith in Berlusconi to deliver! Has there not been much in the UK press /TV then? It's been wall to wall on Italian tv today.

littlerach · 06/04/2009 19:24

My friend was affected by it
Fortunately she is fine and their house is ok.
They are now helping to take in soem people whose houses were damaged.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 06/04/2009 19:32

There is an article in the Times saying a scientist predicted it here.
He couldn't say when it was going to happen though - were they supposed to evacuate the entire region for several months? OTOH a lot of people have died, so maybe they should, I don't know.

gio71 · 06/04/2009 19:57

My dp was saying that one of his work colleagues has a friend who is in the fire service and his daughter was a student in L'Aquila, living in the halls of residence that collapsed. After he read the report of the prediction he told her a week ago to return to Rome, which she did!

Alambil · 07/04/2009 01:56

It was in our local news today, but only because the presenter is Italian and covered it on his Italian speaking part of the show...

It's so, so sad

I wonder why Berlusconi won't accept help from the likes of Britain/Red Cross - they cover things like this, don't they?

Bucharest · 07/04/2009 08:18

Last night one of the topdog Tv presenters pressganged on live Tv the president of one of the banks to rebuild a church, while a 50 yr old father stood there in clothes someone had lent him, telling of how his son's friends dug his body out of the rubble yesterday morning. And their priority is a church.

I think, actually, for once, Berlusca seems to be doing OK- at least on the looking serious and making soothing noises front. At least he's there and not somewhere else, jumping out from behind trees to make Angela Merkel jump.....

gio71 · 08/04/2009 07:52

and at the church
Actually Bucharest, as much as it pains me to say it, I agree re Berlusca, he seems to be handling it ok so far.

gio71 · 08/04/2009 07:53

meaning that it pains me to say Berlusca is behaving ok, not that it pains me to agree with you

CoteDAzur · 08/04/2009 08:10

I was in Istanbul when big earthquake hit in 1999 and 18,000 people died. That one also hit at 3 AM when everyone was in bed. This brings back memories

There is sadly no way to predict an earthquake yet. I don't know what that guy is on about re alignment with Venus etc.

Rescue teams will be finding survivors for several weeks. They pulled a baby out of the rubble almost a month after the earthquake in Turkey that time. Lucky that weather is not too hot or too cold so chances of survival are pretty good.

My thoughts are with victims and their families

donnie · 08/04/2009 18:26

I heard on radio 4 just now that Berlusconi has caused outrage by saying those affected should regard their experiences as a 'camping trip'. What an utter twat and bastard.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread