PING: Pandora: Earthquake: You OK?

Speak to us!

Are you OK?

Andy

And that goes for Vilco and Giusi too!

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Andy

"Andy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> And that goes for Vilco and Giusi too!
>
> ??
>
> Andy

None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn Vilco
and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not be on
holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much destroyed and
deaths have reached 90 so far.

Giusi said...

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> "Andy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> And that goes for Vilco and Giusi too!
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Andy
>
> None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
> from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn
> Vilco and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not
> be on holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much
> destroyed and deaths have reached 90 so far.


Giusi,

What kind of building construction is predominant to cause so much
destruction? I'm guessing brick or concrete which can't flex like wood
construction.

The news here reports there are plenty of aftershocks ahead.

Probably 1,000s of misplaced citizens. Sad.

Glad to hear from you!

Best,

Andy

"Andy" ha scritto nel messaggio
> Giusi said...
The city is pretty much destroyed and deaths have reached 90 so far.
> Giusi,
>
> What kind of building construction is predominant to cause so much
> destruction? I'm guessing brick or concrete which can't flex like wood
> construction.
>
> The news here reports there are plenty of aftershocks ahead.

Most Italians live in apartment buildings and yes, they are block and
concrete or stone. An ancient Baroque church is disintegrating before the
cameras. It was strong and there has been a pretty much continuous
aftershock. A lot of buildings pancaked, especially modern quake resistant
ones. I'm sure they'll tell us why.
Italians have already donated too much blood and thousands have phoned in
offers of housing while thing get sorted. I am a bit too far to be a useful
place for someone from there.
There is conjecture that the city is too wrecked to be reinhabited. It does
happen, although usually smaller places. The latest rescue came from a
pancaked student housing building. The girl was in bed but a table fell
over her and the dogs found her alive with only an injured shoulder. Most
in that building apparently died.

Giusi said...

> There is conjecture that the city is too wrecked to be reinhabited.


Giusi,

I'm afraid to look at the damage.

I've been through many earthquakes.

I know it's not a pretty sight.

(((

Andy

"Andy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> PING: Pandora: Earthquake: You OK?
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> Speak to us!
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> Are you OK?

She's surely OK, farther from the quake than me and Giusi.
Not too strong for a quake, but damn direct due to the rocky soil there.
here we're on a thick layer of clay which adsorbs a lot of energy from
quakes, while inner Abruzzo is rocky, so no absorbtion of energy, here's why
so much damage with a quake of about 5.8 richter-scale strength.
--
Vilco
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"Giusi" > ha scritto

> Most Italians live in apartment buildings and yes, they are block and
> concrete or stone. An ancient Baroque church is disintegrating before the
> cameras. It was strong and there has been a pretty much continuous
> aftershock. A lot of buildings pancaked, especially modern quake
> resistant ones. I'm sure they'll tell us why.

The buildings that collapsed were especially the older stone/brick made
ones. Some recent buildings collapsed, too, but the majority weren't recent
concreet buildings. If you ckheck at the images of rescue teams, they're
almost always on walking on piles of big stones and bricks, only soem images
show them on concrete parts.

> Italians have already donated too much blood and thousands have phoned in
> offers of housing while thing get sorted.

This is a wonderful thing, indeed.

> There is conjecture that the city is too wrecked to be reinhabited. It
> does happen, although usually smaller places. The latest rescue came from
> a pancaked student housing building. The girl was in bed but a table fell
> over her and the dogs found her alive with only an injured shoulder. Most
> in that building apparently died.

That building reminds me of that school in southern Italy, a brand new
school which almost totally collapsed during lesson time.
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
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ViLco said...

> "Andy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> PING: Pandora: Earthquake: You OK?
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>> Speak to us!
>>
>> Are you OK?
>
> She's surely OK, farther from the quake than me and Giusi.
> Not too strong for a quake, but damn direct due to the rocky soil there.
> here we're on a thick layer of clay which adsorbs a lot of energy from
> quakes, while inner Abruzzo is rocky, so no absorbtion of energy, here's
> why so much damage with a quake of about 5.8 richter-scale strength.


Vilco,

OK!

Thanks for checking in!

Best,

Andy

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:46:24 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:

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>"Andy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> And that goes for Vilco and Giusi too!
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Andy
>
>None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
>from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn Vilco
>and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not be on
>holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much destroyed and
>deaths have reached 90 so far.
>
The San Francisco quake of '89 was 6.9 and killed 63. We were lucky.

--
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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"ViLco" ha scritto nel messaggio
> She's surely OK, farther from the quake than me and Giusi.

Pandora moved to the Castelli Romani recently.

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:46:24 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:

> >None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
> >from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn Vilco
> >and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not be on
> >holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much destroyed and
> >deaths have reached 90 so far.
> >
> The San Francisco quake of '89 was 6.9 and killed 63. We were lucky.

Yes. If the Great SF quake of '89 had actually happened in SF, who
knows what the death and destruction would have been? It occurred 75
miles south of SF (almost a two hour drive), in a large park about the
size of SF, which park in turn is located in the middle of nowhere.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

"[Don't] assume that someone is "broken" just because they behave in ways
you don't like or don't understand." --Miche

"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:46:24 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:
>
>> >None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
>> >from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn
>> >Vilco
>> >and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not be on
>> >holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much destroyed
>> >and
>> >deaths have reached 90 so far.
>> >
>> The San Francisco quake of '89 was 6.9 and killed 63. We were lucky.
>
> Yes. If the Great SF quake of '89 had actually happened in SF, who
> knows what the death and destruction would have been? It occurred 75
> miles south of SF (almost a two hour drive), in a large park about the
> size of SF, which park in turn is located in the middle of nowhere.
>
>
Latest news reports 150 known dead, many hurt, many missing.

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:45:16 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:46:24 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:
>
>> >None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
>> >from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn Vilco
>> >and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not be on
>> >holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much destroyed and
>> >deaths have reached 90 so far.
>> >
>> The San Francisco quake of '89 was 6.9 and killed 63. We were lucky.
>
>Yes. If the Great SF quake of '89 had actually happened in SF, who
>knows what the death and destruction would have been? It occurred 75
>miles south of SF (almost a two hour drive), in a large park about the
>size of SF, which park in turn is located in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah, yeah, I know where the epicenter was. We were lucky.

Here's what Wiki says about it.

Given the distance between the quake's epicenter and some of the
worst-hit areas, geologists were surprised at the severity of the
resulting damage. Subsequent analysis indicated that the damage was
due to the amplification of the earthquake's Seismic waves by waves
reflecting off the deep (about 24 km(15 miles)) discontinuities in the
Earth's surface.

--
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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Giusi wrote:

>> She's surely OK, farther from the quake than me and Giusi.

> Pandora moved to the Castelli Romani recently.

Thanks, I didn't know it.
--
Vilco
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