Introductions

Thanks for the welcome, Tintaglia! I was very interested to read that the Sanremo Music Festival inspired the Eurovision Song Contest (which I love to watch!).

(07-01-2011, 16:49)Umbra Ha scritto:  Messina is a city with a terrible history: in 1908 it was totally destroyed by an earthquake (that origins also a tsunami). The whole area actually is in danger with phenomena like this: we’re not far from Etna Volcano (the biggest volcano in Europe) and the Eolian Islands I’ve spoken about have volcanic origins (one of them is a proper volcano, Stromboli). Indeed, I can remember very light quakes.

Thank you for sharing that, Umbra - it made riveting reading, and I am so glad I asked! I am sure that the history of *a sort-of Realm of the Elderlings spoiler*

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the Rain Wilds, and all else that has happened to the rest of the Elderling realm due to ongoing earthquake/volcanic activity, is more meaningful to someone such as yourself, who shares these geographical/historical similarities!

For myself, I have never experienced such activity (anywhere!) and, besides drought and storms, am quite protected where I live. We are six hundred kilometres from the coast so, while we receive lots of the beneficial rain from them, we are not often troubled by the destruction of nearby cyclones either.

(07-01-2011, 16:49)Umbra Ha scritto:  Speaking of Nature's strenght, how is the situation in your area? I've recently read of some stormies in Queensland

Although we are currently experiencing heavy rainfalls due to storms here, and we are cut off from everyone and everything, this is a normal thing for us at this time of year.

I have not been affected by the storms, flooding and flash flooding that you would have seen in the news recently. Though my son is on the Sunshine Coast and quite near to the most recent events in Brisbane, he is safe and away from the areas that have flooded (and is in a house on a hill ). He is attending a flying school there and I actually had to drive with him through the flooded regions of Central Queensland to get him there on time. We were very fortunate to get through, and thankfully I was able to return home immediately on a flight from Brisbane just before the major storms and flash flooding occurred!

I do also have many other friends and family members who have been directly in the vicinity of the flooding throughout the state but they are all alive and safe, despite having property and possessions affected.