Just been back to the UK for a few hours and got a new scare. A shake equals to 3.9 of the Richter scale has just been felt in my area in Italy with the epicentre approx. 30 km from my home town. My mum and dad felt it clearly while sitting in the living room. The windows were shaking and the chairs moving. Apparently this is nothing to do with what happened in Abruzzo two weeks ago but the people are scared. I would be if I were there myself and I'm worried for my family and friends. Our region, Piedmont, is an old sismic area, but not as dangerous as the centre and south of Italy. According to the first news there's nothing to be worried about but how can they be sure? The fear remains.
UPDATE 21/4/09: No further shakes in my region. Hopefully it was just a one off scare. Thank you all for your kind messages and thoughts/prayers.
14 comments:
After what the country went through recently, I don't blame anyone for being scared. I hope it was just a stray tremblor and is now done.
Hugs, Beth
Praying for them ...love Jan xx
Sending prayers!
Ciao Antonella, bentornata a casa e sul web!
Caspita, terremoto in Piemonte? A dicembre anche qui abbiamo sentito un paio di scosse una sera, tremava l'albero di natale...
Certo che ora, avendo ancora negli occhi l'orrore abruzzese, la paura si triplica... Anche io spesso mi chiedo COSA CAVOLO FAREI, cerco di immaginarmi la scena, afferro la bimba, prendo la borsa? il telefono? il giubbotto? ho le scarpe addosso? Boooo. Probabilmente nel momento del panico la mente si affila e ti fa agire di istinto. Speriamo non ci capiti mai.
Sono contenta che tu sia tornata, sei stata bene? Raccontaci un po'!
Baci V.
I hope it doesn't develop into anything else. Hopefully it will just be that one and nothing else. Take care x
I can't blame anyone for being afraid after recent events. I'll be keeping your family in my prayers on the smoke dear friend. (Hugs)Indigo
Ciao Antonella, ben tornata! :) ... terremoto?? Ma vah? Ho appena sentito i miei al tel. e non mi hanno detto nulla. Humm.. corro a curiosare su Repubblica, ci "rileggiamo" domani, per ora un abbraccione! Buona notte! :)
I'd be scared for family and friends too. I'll keep everyone in the region in my prayers.
Oh dear. I really hope that was it and there won't be more. Prayers for your family.
And welcome back!
The fear must be there all the time at the moment. Have you read Sallymandy's (Blue Kimono) post about fears?Glad to have you back.
Living in L.A. I grew up in earthquake country and even though I have survived some big shakes I have never been afraid of them( chalk it up to denial and a bit of stupidity). I so understand your anxiety and I hope that the earth calms down so you can too. Hugs to you.xo
I am glad to have you back but what a worry. I hope that there are no more tremors and that all are okay. BTW Thank you very much for the beautiful postcard from that beautiful hometown of yours! Just stunning.
xo
Il terremto è diventato oggetto di campagna elettorale e tanti politici fanno a gara per recarsi in abruzzo con le telecamere in funzione. Intanto quel signore ha detto che non bisogna perdere tempo a trovare i responsabili per le malefatte ante-terremoto.
ma ti rendi conto? hanno cosruito i palazzi con la sabbia di fiume e dobbiamo far finta di niente. Unbeleveble, ma si scrive così? Ciao Antonella, Enzo
I live on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo and we were terribly scared. My house has "scars" all over but nothing too serious. I still am definitely afraid of being alone in my house. Many of my colleagues live in Abruzzo and aren't coming to work in this period. We are teachers. So ... I experienced the absolute sense of "frailty" that this kind of catastrophes brings about. By the way, to forget the earthquake I spent some days in London at Easter with my son and my husband. It was nice, I honestly didn't miss Italy!
I'll drop by again.
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