# Devastating earthquake in Italy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-earthquake-in-italy/763814>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-earthquake-in-italy/763814 "2016-08-24T14:43:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-earthquake-in-italy/763814/1 "2016-08-24T14:43:45Z")

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[Story](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/world/europe/italy-earthquake.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news). Struck about 100 miles from Rome and many are feared buried in the rubble.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-earthquake-in-italy/763814/2 "2016-08-24T15:54:19Z")

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My nieces are there right now on vacation with their mom. Just heard from my brother and they’re all okay.

\*No idea why I just shared that. Figured you’d all be concerned too, I guess. 😉

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-earthquake-in-italy/763814/3 "2016-08-24T16:03:45Z")

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I thought of the Doper who was planning on vacationing there soon. I looked up his thread in IMHO and after scanning it, don’t see that he’s there yet.

Horrible news. Those old stone buildings are bad news during an earthquake.

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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-earthquake-in-italy/763814/4 "2016-08-24T17:37:19Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> My nieces are there right now on vacation with their mom. Just heard from my brother and they’re all okay.
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> \*No idea why I just shared that. Figured you’d all be concerned too, I guess. 😉

I’m glad for your family. The impulse to share is universal.