Buggery ...

[blamebrampton]

Are you Italians out there all right? That is very bad news, and getting worse as reports roll in. I hope that you and your loved ones are all safe.

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[mytla.livejournal.com]

Thanks for asking Blame :)))

Here in Rome it was a long, long shake it gave us, but nothing serious, especially compared to the people in L'Acquila.
20 people died, 30 are missing and 5 childs are in the number of deaths.
All very sad. People lost their homes.

It woke us up at 3.00 am.
My husband went: "Wow, what's going on"
Me (in a soothing tone): "Don't worry honey, stay calm it's only an earthquake" ... I know... twilight zone... the things one says without thinking.
Then I got up and went to my son's room to get some clothing and a blanket ready, just in case we deemed necessary to leave the flat. While I was at it I decided to put on him socks, so he could be ready to transport.
He looked at me, sleepy as he was, and asked why I was putting socks on him (he's 7). I answered reassuringly: "there has been an earthquake, love." he looked at me and said: "you put socks on when earthquakes happen?"
Ain't children just fantastic?

[kareina.livejournal.com]

If you are interested in understanding possible causes of this quake, my friend tectonite has a science blog which talks about it.