On Feb 23, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > You live in a very nice neighborhood. Good to see people out working together > to patch things p. I hope there are no more aftershocks and that things get > back to normal soon. > > I remember photographing the church that I've seen destroyed in some > newscasts. So sad. Your beautiful city occupies a special place in my heart.
Thanks, Paul. That church is our city's primary landmark and it's probably the most photographed building in the city so it's a deep blow for us to see it in such a state. I've seen photos of many of our other historic buildings in ruins and I find that deeply upsetting after they had withstood the original shock last year. Apparently the shaking was of a significantly higher intensity this time, but it didn't last as long. So it was smaller on the Richter scale but higher on the Mercalli scale. My gut feeling is that the cathedral is unrepairable. The remaining structure looks generally intact but I can see enough cracks and instability that I think it won't be able to be made safe. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
