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| nasty quake in italia | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 5 2009, 09:48 PM (274 Views) | |
| bachophile | Apr 5 2009, 09:48 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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in abruzzo east of rome. an area i would love to visit along with umbria. tuscany is just too...popular these days. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 5 2009, 10:57 PM Post #2 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Kind of an aside, but one of my favorite restaurants in the world is Ambasciata D'Abruzzo in Rome. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| ***musical princess*** | Apr 6 2009, 04:00 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Just heard on the news, over 100 have died, thousands have lost their homes ![]() x |
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| Frank_W | Apr 6 2009, 04:31 PM Post #4 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Horrible... I didn't even know there was a fault line, there.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Red Rice | Apr 6 2009, 05:34 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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So tragic. Such a beautiful region of Italy.
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| bachophile | Apr 6 2009, 07:35 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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actually well known for quakes.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Italy in 1997 the basilica of st francis of assisi was almost wiped out.... ![]() Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy (during earthquake of Sept. 27, 1997). |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 6 2009, 07:49 PM Post #7 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Earthquake was predicted, no one listened, says researcher
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 7 2009, 04:07 AM Post #8 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Interesting... Sounds like a brilliant man. The loss of the basilica would have been tragic, indeed. They are restoring it, I presume? |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Jane D'Oh | Apr 7 2009, 05:51 AM Post #9 |
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Fulla-Carp
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To him??? How about to some of the other people. |
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| Red Rice | Apr 7 2009, 05:54 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I wonder if Giuliani is a flake or not. It's currently impossible to predict earthquakes so if it's valid, monitoring radon gas levels could be a real breakthrough. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 7 2009, 06:42 AM Post #11 |
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That's what I was thinking too, RedRice. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| big al | Apr 7 2009, 06:53 AM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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LA Times article on earthquake prediction... A bold prediction Wiki on earthquake prediction... Earthquake prediction Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 7 2009, 06:58 AM Post #13 |
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MAMIL
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There was seismologist interviewed about this on NPR last night. He pretty much said the radon gas theory has a very low correlation with actual occurrences, and isn't a reliable predictor, and that it's not possible to predict quakes in the short-term by an means. The best we can hope for is to look at the long term and do things like avoid building hospitals in high risk areas. |
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| kathyk | Apr 7 2009, 10:33 AM Post #14 |
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Pisa-Carp
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I wonder what might have been done if the warning had been taken seriously? There was still what? - an 8 - 10 day lapse between the predicted and actual date. So, would you evacuate the whole town for that period? Have people sleep in tents in the street? I wonder what precautions they might take. The pictures show just horrific devastation and a lot of very, very old buildings have been damaged. It makes me think that this is the first time a quake of that magnitude has hit that area for centuries. |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 7 2009, 10:56 AM Post #15 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I would guess most of the building destruction and consequent loss of life is due to unreinforced masonry construction that is typical of the pre modern era. The Loma Prieta quake in 89 was significantly stronger -- 6.9 vs 6.3 -- took down a section of the Bay Bridge and killed 63 people, in a region many times more densely populated than Abruzzo. The problem is that "high risk areas" are entire regions due to the way EQs move. But we have very good seismic design capabilities, and different regions are required to conform to different standards in the building codes based on seismic patterns. |
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Horrible... I didn't even know there was a fault line, there.

10:55 AM Jul 11