A little more information on this (taken from the "New Scientist" 27th October 2012, page 4)....
The 6 seismologists said at a meeting on the 31st of March 2009 (a week before the quake) "They could not rule out a major quake and it was best to be prepaired, but there was no good reason to think that one was coming" This advice was modified by the department's deputy head Bernarso De Bernardins who told the media that "The shocks were reducing the seismic stresses, lowering the chances of a major quake"
Things were complicated by a researcher at the nearby Grand Sasso National Laboratory who went out with a megaphone and also went online to tell people to evacuate based on radon emission data.
It seems to me that the PR people don't understand what they are being told..... but who is that ends up in jail?
The 6 seismologists said at a meeting on the 31st of March 2009 (a week before the quake) "They could not rule out a major quake and it was best to be prepaired, but there was no good reason to think that one was coming" This advice was modified by the department's deputy head Bernarso De Bernardins who told the media that "The shocks were reducing the seismic stresses, lowering the chances of a major quake"
Things were complicated by a researcher at the nearby Grand Sasso National Laboratory who went out with a megaphone and also went online to tell people to evacuate based on radon emission data.
It seems to me that the PR people don't understand what they are being told..... but who is that ends up in jail?
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
