tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post8554317073024882267..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: EarthquakeGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-59876969641204173802009-04-27T13:01:00.000+12:002009-04-27T13:01:00.000+12:00Ah, thank you for that, HB. A correspondent in Jap...Ah, thank you for that, HB. A correspondent in Japan informed me last week of a pact made by the state and the mafia to take care of the post-war reconstruction, and it sounded like a surprisingly familiar story, the upshot being that you won't find out if your building is truly earthquake proof until the day when the earth starts shaking. It was doubly surprising in fact because in the aftermathGiovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-22524383019931689972009-04-27T12:27:00.000+12:002009-04-27T12:27:00.000+12:00From Taishō to Shōwa
with parentheses of fire
the...From Taishō to Shōwa<br />with parentheses of fire<br /><br />these Heisei skyscrapers belie<br />how flat this plain can be.harvestbirdhttp://www.harvestbird.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-21768050781460103562009-04-19T17:22:00.000+12:002009-04-19T17:22:00.000+12:00Adding stories that filter through to the English ...Adding stories that filter through to the English speaking media as they come to hand. <A HREF="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10567281" REL="nofollow">Italian anger at hospital failure after killer quake</A>.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-14533767998428436752009-04-17T23:41:00.000+12:002009-04-17T23:41:00.000+12:00In some cases Italy is very like us, weird but tru...In some cases Italy is very like us, weird but true! So I read your post, and I did feel myself get surprised.<br />One good thing, Italy is a blessed country to be able to remove the dust by itself.Nihalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921200854794301981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-51977913779435096632009-04-15T14:36:00.000+12:002009-04-15T14:36:00.000+12:00Thanks Paul. I note that Saviano's piece on the sh...Thanks Paul. I note that <A HREF="http://www.repubblica.it/2009/04/sezioni/cronaca/sisma-aquila-5/saviano/saviano.html" REL="nofollow">Saviano's piece</A> on the shadow of the mafia over this reconstruction has already been picked up by <I><A HREF="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mobsters-out-to-make-a-killing-from-the-quake-1668862.html" REL="nofollow">The Independent</A></I>.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-13564284502974938302009-04-14T13:30:00.000+12:002009-04-14T13:30:00.000+12:00Excellent post. Horrors like this one seem to mark...Excellent post. Horrors like this one seem to mark out Italy's history. Always they have a past - the sand in the cement - and a future - the profits made from reconstruction which does not come about. Your country is afflicted with a terrible sadnessPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.com