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Warpy

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4. It's really hard to retrofit a building that old

Reply to meaculpa2011 (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:19 AM

Aug 2016

and still retain any of its charm. Let's hope there are no earthquakes there.

I also hope earthquakes are taken into account when the villages that were destroyed this time are rebuilt. They will be rebuilt, there is something in the Italian character that is very attached to places. See: the area around Vesuvius.

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Did I just hear that almost 250 are dead in that Italian earthquake [View all] malaise Aug 2016 OP

Yes. Many at still missing and there are tourists. It's going to get worse. onecaliberal Aug 2016 #1

BBC revised the total down to 241 Warpy Aug 2016 #2

My cousins still live in my grandfather's house... meaculpa2011 Aug 2016 #3

It's really hard to retrofit a building that old Warpy Aug 2016 #4

I lived in Peru years back... meaculpa2011 Aug 2016 #5

I have distant cousins in Bari. Javaman Aug 2016 #8

Latest BBC International news says over 250 malaise Aug 2016 #7

I traveled through Italy 2 years ago, in that area. Avalux Aug 2016 #6