Earthquake in Italy - how are our members there?

[bigears]

Just wanted to express concern for our forum members in Italy and offer our thoughts and prayers for their safety. I hope they and their families are safe and well. John

[BarrieB]

I'll second that, absolutely.

Barrie

[bosone]

hi!
i'm in italy but pretty far from the earthquake centre, so that in my city it was not felt.
but in the interested regions is nearly a catastrophe: over 230 deaths with 25.000 people without home (it will be destroyed because of seve strucutral damage), and over 100.000 evacuated...
there even was another strong earthquake about 30 min ago, 5.5 ritcher magnitude...

thanks to everyone for thinking about italy...

[RichR]

My prayers and thoughts are with all the people of Italy. What a tradgedy.

[DPDAN]

so sad..................

[AlanPerkins]

So many catastrophic events in recent times.

[Leaf]

There were also reports of thousands of people being injured. I don't remember the number, but it was a lot.

Our thoughts and prayers for everyone in Italy and their families.

David

[Alexandre]

Our prayers are with all those who are suffering. May God help people who have lost loved ones to find peace and also provide a home for those who have lost theirs.

Is there any way we can donate money or something to help?

[Garritan]

The reports are very sad and our thoughts and prayers are with the Italian people. There are still aftershocks and things remain dangerous.

I hope our Italian members are okay. Please let us know how you are doing (Francesco, Andrea, Fabio, Giorgio and other members in Italy).

Be safe and if there's anything we can do to help let us know.

Gary Garritan

[bigears]

I wrote to Andrea Maria Ottavini and received word back that he is OK.


We're all ok! The earthquake half-destroyed L'Aquila, but not Ascoli Piceno...not yet. Sadly, I have a friend there where the earthquake took place. A girl I knew this summer. She lost half of her home and now she had to leave the town to go to her house in Villa Rosa (a coast little town). Andrea

That's got to be frightening, Italy is one of the most active geothermal spots on Earth, and a lot of those towns have been hit repeatedly over the centuries.
I hope the earthquakes will now settle down and they can take care of the hurt and grieve for those lost. John

[Andrea Maria Ottavin]

Hi guys,

I've seen that John quoted my mail I sent him yesterday. As I said, I'm fine. Anyway, earth tremors continue. Last night, at about 3 A.M. we had another strong tremor here in Ascoli...not any damage yet, but everyone is in tension. As for my friend of L'Aquila, she contacted me yesterday, shortly after I answered to John's mail. She's fine...they didn't lost any parents but an entire family of their friends died. Hope this earthquake will settle soon, or, I think, we'll have to evacuate even us. Some News told that the epicentre of the earthquake is moving to the north (and, so, towards Ascoli Piceno and Marche), even if less superficial. Others said it's moving to south-west. Nothing is sure for now. Anyway, I'll continue to make music until I can, trying to not care of these things too much. For example, tomorrow I'm going to record some songs with my male vocal ensemble, in particular, a song dedicated to the citizens of L'Aquila.
That's all for now. Anyway, I'm glad you were worried for us.

Best Regards to you all.

Andrea.