• The L'Aquila earthquake

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:55 pm**

Early Monday morning, central Italy was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake caused serious damage to several medieval hill towns in the region, killing over 260 residents, injuring over 1,000 and leaving 28,000 homeless. Despite the dangers from aftershocks, the search for survivors continues, and will be maintained until Sunday, after which the daunting tasks of cleanup and reconstruction willl begin.

moar.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:07 pm**

Awful.

But I liked this image.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:15 pm**

that picture in chris' post brings to mind "beautiful disaster"

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:22 pm**

charlie wrote: But I liked this image.

midget tossing is a rising crime in italy, it's sad to see.

on a serious note: that's terrible. i hate to see bad stuff happening in beautiful places, shoulda happened in east st. louis.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:35 pm**

kOOpA wrote:shoulda happened in east st. louis.

hahaha.

Apparently Madona donated 500 grand to the relief fund. Heard it on a morning radio show today, for what it's worth.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:49 pm**

leave east st louis out of this. thats where my weed and money comes from. i actually know a person over there. seems its still a mess.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:04 pm**

i love boston.com's big picture