The disaster isn't over yet

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The centre of the still-smouldering Italian earthquake is just in the area of my ancestral roots. It covers Ferrara, where my grandfather was born; Cento, the native town of Giovanni Francesco "Guercino" Barbieri, the painter; San Giovanni in Persiceto, where St.Clelia Barbieri lived and died; Modena, where Giovanni Maria Barbieri, the founder of Romance philology, was born, worked, and died. They are a distinguished clan, and I am proud of them and of their country; and it breaks my heart to watch it being shaken to pieces.

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[arujei.livejournal.com]

My prayers for the land of your forefathers, and any of your friends and relatives affected.

I will pray for your people.

[joetexx.livejournal.com]

Reading about quakes depresses me. I trust that zoning and construction techniques are advance enough in that area that the toll in dead and injured will be minimized.

 "Romance philology"!

What wonderful phrase! I'll have to look up this particular Barbieri.