/dev/null Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Small eruption but some very cool pics and a video http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346685/Red-sky-night--Sicily-looks-Mount-Etna-erupts-spectacular-fashion.html
Jim in Anchorage Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Sicily looks like one big low income housing project. I expected castles and Villas and such.
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Sicily looks like one big low income housing project. I expected castles and Villas and such.
Fezmid Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Sicily looks like one big low income housing project. I expected castles and Villas and such. Italy, Greece, Spain all look that way - apartments everywhere and no "real" houses. Here's a picture from Barcelona that's similar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43777639@N06/5255342742/in/set-72157625584226062/
Jim in Anchorage Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Italy, Greece, Spain all look that way - apartments everywhere and no "real" houses. Here's a picture from Barcelona that's similar: Geeze, could they make it uglier?
Fezmid Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Geeze, could they make it uglier? Well, there was no smoke coming out of the smoke stack in Barcelona...
Jim in Anchorage Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Well, there was no smoke coming out of the smoke stack in Barcelona... Probably a union walk out over company provided wine with lunch. But with the smog haze over the city I think it worked in the past. Do they hire their architects from box factory's?
Fezmid Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Probably a union walk out over company provided wine with lunch. But with the smog haze over the city I think it worked in the past. Do they hire their architects from box factory's? Well, in the two weeks we were in Europe, there was a train strike in Barcelona (for 4 hours), a garbage collection strike in Sicily, and a student protest in Athens. So you might be right!
DC Tom Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Geeze, could they make it uglier? Old world construction - no city planning, and everything packed close together. The only places you don't see it are basically the places that went through the urban renewal program of World War II... Small eruption but some very cool pics and a video http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346685/Red-sky-night--Sicily-looks-Mount-Etna-erupts-spectacular-fashion.html When is Etna NOT erupting?
Beerball Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 When is Etna NOT erupting? My MiL's name is Etna. She erupts quite frequently.
Chef Jim Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Sicily looks like one big low income housing project. I expected castles and Villas and such. Rich people (typically smarter people) don't live at the base of an active volcano.
Jim in Anchorage Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Old world construction - no city planning, and everything packed close together. The only places you don't see it are basically the places that went through the urban renewal program of World War II... When is Etna NOT erupting? Nothing like B-17s dropping 4000 lb block busters to give ya a little room.
Chef Jim Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Nothing like B-17s dropping 4000 lb block busters to give ya a little room. And force you to rebuild.
DC Tom Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Nothing like B-17s dropping 4000 lb block busters to give ya a little room. The 4000lb HC "cookie" was a British bomb, dropped from Lancs and Halibags (and Wimpeys for a short time). Normal bomb load for a B-17 was 8x500lb GP; largest bomb they carried was a 2000lb bomb.
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