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Re:Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter by wisty on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @11:50PM (#2586532)
On the upside, government officials don't have to explain why a small city that's plagued by earthquakes had such poor building practices that a 6.3 earthquake killed 0.4% of the population.
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Re:Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter by BasDirks on Thursday May 26, 2011 @02:32AM (#2586840)
I've been to L'Aquila twice before the quake. Many buildings consisted (at least in part) of old structures. The city was founded in 1258.
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Re:Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter by davidw on Thursday May 26, 2011 @03:32AM (#2586943)
> The city was founded in 1258.

For an Italian city, that's fairly recent, actually!

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Re:Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter by noonespecial on Thursday May 26, 2011 @12:03AM (#2586558)
You mean those building code things weren't just a way to make a quick buck by selling exemptions for every building?
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