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L'Aquila, Italy earthquake

L'Aquila, Italy earthquake. April 6 th 2009 Introduction to Earthquakes Tom Condon. Summary. Background Earthquakes effect on schools Earthquakes effect on Medical Care How aid was managed. Background. Date: 6 April 2009 Magnitude: 6.3 regions affected: Abruzzo Italy

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L'Aquila, Italy earthquake

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  1. L'Aquila, Italy earthquake April 6th 2009 Introduction to Earthquakes Tom Condon

  2. Summary • Background • Earthquakes effect on schools • Earthquakes effect on Medical Care • How aid was managed

  3. Background • Date: 6 April 2009 • Magnitude: 6.3 • regions affected: Abruzzo Italy • Total damage:$16 billion • Casualties:294 dead • 1,000+ injured39,500 homeless

  4. Schools in L’Aquila • Previous earthquake calls for new standards • Bulding codes not met in schools • University of L'Aquila

  5. Schools (cont.) • Students out of School • Cost of transportation • Cost to students

  6. School Demolished in L’Aquila

  7. Funding -Schools • Destroyed Schools- not up to date • Reconstruction- expensive, timely manner • Money- Tax dollars, international aid?

  8. Ahelping Hand for the Kids • Poggio Picenze • Blue Tent Schools • Mayor Nicola Menna

  9. Blue Tent Schools

  10. Medical Care • San Salvatore Hospital • Destroyed- Public Outrage • Engineer Alessandro Martelli’s thoughts

  11. San Salvatore Hospital

  12. No Hosptial… What Now? • Major Hospital is destroyed • What to do with patients already in the Hospital? • What to do with injured people from the earthquake?

  13. Help is on the way! • Local Hopitals • Other hospitals in Italy • Overall, Little Help

  14. National Aid • Italian mobile companies • Pay tv SKY Italia • Ferrovie Dello Stato

  15. National Aid

  16. Foreign Aid • Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi • United States Aid • Other countries offering

  17. Foreign Aid

  18. Conclusion • Schools effected • Medical Care effected • National Aid • Foreign Aid

  19. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0409/p06s13-wogn.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L%27Aquila_earthquake • http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=earthquake+in+l%27aquila+school&aq=f&oq= • http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=922371&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng • http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/04/17/italy_outraged_by_crumbling_of_hospital_in_quake/

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