Italy quake
Mass funerals, coffins, damaged buildings, grieving parents and children- We have seen it all in an earthquake which shook northern Pakistan on 8th October 2005. Same was the outcome of the earthqauke which struck Italy last monday. We, the people of Pakistan can feel for them and extend support and wishes to the people of Italy.
Such disasters bring out the best in a nation. We became one after that 8th October, every eye cried, every heart bled and every hand was ready to help in some way. Italy has also shown the world its most sensitive and compassionate face since the disaster struck on Monday. Give or take minor quibbles, the emergency effort has been a masterpiece of organisation and efficiency, with more than 17,000 of the 28,000 homeless accommodated almost instantly in the sky-blue tents of the Ministry of the Interior. The first of numerous tent cities sprung up across much of the region less than 24 hours after the quake.
Here is a heart beaking story from “independent”
“The photograph taped to the lid of the small white coffin showed a pudgy-cheeked little girl with a clasp in her brown hair and a pout on her lips: Giuseppina Germinelli was immortalised in a sulk. She was born in 2002 and carried away seven years later, along with 286 other unlucky residents of Abruzzo, in the earthquake that struck last Monday night. “It was me who found her,” said a burly, greying middle-aged man standing by the coffin. “These are her three sisters.” He pointed to the three coffins lined up alongside. “I dug them out myself. They are my granddaughters.” There was pride in his voice as well as grief and bewilderment.”
It compared interferogram satellite radar images taken before and after the quake from the same angle which show movement of the earth with artificially coloured edges, each of which corresponds to a shift of 15 millimetres. “The zone affected by the biggest shifts shows around 10 edges, or a displacement of the earth of around 15 centimetres,” the agency said on its website.
The Earth is becoming more and more dangerous to live on. We need exploring other more peaceful places to settle down.
World political players have messed up this beautiful world!
I know people who had to leave that place because of all that horror…