Terremoto in L'Aquila

Eighteen months ago we were in L'Aquila.

The square looked like this:


And the hillside looked like this:


And now, well, it doesn't look like that. We heard last night there was a massive six point something earthquake (or terremoto) and 60,000-70,000 people are now homeless. I keep see the pretty little streets in my mind when they show the horrible shots of rubble and destruction.

What a sad thing to have happen.