The Italian Voice

This morning, the news in the Italian edition of the Yahoo home page shows a recurring fear for the citizens of the Neapolitan gulf: the Vesuvio volcano scares again.

It is what some Italian and French scientists affirm, in a research of Bruno Scaillet at the Geological Sciences Institute in Orléans which has been published by the English scientific journal called “Nature“: the Vesuvio could suddenly awaken and explode in a violent and devastating eruption such as the one which occured in 79 A.D.

photo by puntasolchiaro

After the disasters which covered the cities of Pompeii and Ercolano in 79 A.D., the volcano had a milder activity, especially from 1631 to 1944 when its last eruption was noticed.
Now, after 64 years of silence, the scientists assert that this period could be due to the replenishment of the magma chamber, which in fact turns out to be occluded, creating in this way a sort of lid which causes a dangerous growing pressure.

During the last decades, a lot of studies have been completed about a possible eruption of the Vesuvio and the situation seems to be under control.
From my point of view, the best is always to rely on the experts who will surely be able to inform people in time in case of emergency and evacuation.
For now the citiziens who live in the surrounding areas do not need to be alarmed. Anyway, I totally understand their desire to live next to the volcano; I have been there once some years ago, as well as in Catania in Sicily which is situated just under the Mt Etna, and I miss the fantastic climate and the special atmosphere which you can breath when you are there!

P.S. Today I want to remember the victims of the attacks in Sept. 11th, 2001, I clearly remember that day and those moments because I lived them in front of the tv, as I was there by chance after the morning shift at the fruits & vegetables shop which I used to manage with my ex boyfriend. God bless the whole world.

I also want to report that I found a job as cashier and merchandiser in my town, I guess I will start to work at the beginning of the next week. Yay, thanks a lot for your wonderful support, I love you all!