Monday, May 21, 2012

The old tower after #Earthquake in Finale Emilia #Italy



Peter Galazka

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Italy Earthquake: A Workingman's Night-Shift Tragedy
Worldcrunch  -  4:37 PM
But then we hear the individual tales of the earthquake that struck northern Italy, and the sorrow quickly mounts. Here are their stories. By Pierangelo Sapegno SANT'AGOSTINO - Bruno Cavicchi says that he woke up at 4:04 am on Sunday to a “horrible noise.” It was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake ...


Irina Tcherednichenko

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"Despite the fact that the country is mostly associated with ancient monuments, the vast majority of Italy's buildings date from World War II, when the population exploded and the nation needed to rebuild quickly after heavy bombing. “However, antiseismic standards were introduced only in 1973, which means about half of the current houses lack them,” says Freyrie."
Italy earthquake: modern buildings, not ancient ones, pose biggest threat (+video) »
The Italy earthquake suggests that danger lies not so much in ancient monuments as in the many buildings constructed between the late 1940s and the early 1970s. (Reuters)
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From the web
Italy Earthquake: A Workingman's Night-Shift Tragedy
Worldcrunch  -  4:37 PM
But then we hear the individual tales of the earthquake that struck northern Italy, and the sorrow quickly mounts. Here are their stories. By Pierangelo Sapegno SANT'AGOSTINO - Bruno Cavicchi says that he woke up at 4:04 am on Sunday to a “horrible noise.” It was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake ...


Irina Tcherednichenko

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"Despite the fact that the country is mostly associated with ancient monuments, the vast majority of Italy's buildings date from World War II, when the population exploded and the nation needed to rebuild quickly after heavy bombing. “However, antiseismic standards were introduced only in 1973, which means about half of the current houses lack them,” says Freyrie."
Italy earthquake: modern buildings, not ancient ones, pose biggest threat (+video) »
The Italy earthquake suggests that danger lies not so much in ancient monuments as in the many buildings constructed between the late 1940s and the early 1970s.
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