| Third world? In 2009, a "mild" earthquake (5.8 to 5.9 on Richter scale) hit L'Aquila, in the Italian region of Abruzzo [1]. I assume we all agree that Italy is a first world country. Well, 308 people died, among which dozens of young kids in a school that has been built cheaply - the usual consequence of corruption.
A real estate developer, hearing the news that an earthquake hit L'Aquila, LAUGHED on the phone with a colleague, happy for his new perspective business. [2] (note: Google Translate does a decent job, but when you read "Eagle" it means the city of L'Aquila). The world is f&*ked up everywhere, not just in third world countries. And sadly, no technology can fix human stupidity, amibition, and search for power and money. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L%27Aquila_earthquake
[2]: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr... |
We've been lucky, but I expect that "the big one", when it hits here, will cause a lot of deaths from building collapse in older structures. I'm not really sure that the building I live in could handle a magnitude 7 quake...