"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
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>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:46:24 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:
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>> >None of us three are supposed to be in that area, which is about an hour
>> >from Rome. Vilco is waaay north of Aquila and I am halfway betweehn
>> >Vilco
>> >and the earthquake. That's not to say that one of them might not be on
>> >holiday there. It's a fabulous area. The city is pretty much destroyed
>> >and
>> >deaths have reached 90 so far.
>> >
>> The San Francisco quake of '89 was 6.9 and killed 63. We were lucky.
>
> Yes. If the Great SF quake of '89 had actually happened in SF, who
> knows what the death and destruction would have been? It occurred 75
> miles south of SF (almost a two hour drive), in a large park about the
> size of SF, which park in turn is located in the middle of nowhere.
>
>
Latest news reports 150 known dead, many hurt, many missing.