The epi centre of the earthquake was L'Aquila not far away but south and east of here. It happened at 3.30am yesterday and although David says he was awake just after that neither of us felt a thing, although friends in Viterbo certainly did. The first we even knew of an earthquake was a text message from Selina at 7am!
Of course it was on the news all day, serious with casualty list rising and tens of thousands without homes. Our immediate neighbours have family living in the region that are thankfully all ok but half their main home, a villa in the country has collapsed and two apartments they own in a nearby centro storico have collapsed completely.
My understanding is that because it happened in the middle of the night the casualty list is inevitability higher. We have not yet heard of any damage to property this far away from the centre of the earthquake. It is the major sad topic of conversation everywhere.
PS I Have added this post to - SIMONEY'S 2nd BLOGIVERSARY LINKY PARTY!
9th August 2010
HEy lindyLou! Thanks for linking up to my blogiversary party... wow that's a pretty dramatic first post! I LOVE Italy; we stayed in the north and visited lago d'Orta and Cinque Terre when my eldest was a baby. Beautiful. How amazing you get to live there!
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Hi there, just blog hopping from Simoney's first post ever linky! Lovely to meet you! Living in Italy must be an amazing experience!! I'm very jealous! :)
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Thankyou for calling by and commenting Sophie. It is the most amazing experience living here and I hope you will call by to share my experiences again.
ReplyDeleteSimoney - I was not really sure if it counted as my first post or not. Yes it is amazing living here, hope you call by again.
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