Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake

Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake

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Vans with loudspeakers had driven around the town a month ago telling locals to evacuate their houses after seismologist Gioacchino Giuliani predicted a large quake was on the way, prompting the mayor's anger.

Giuliani, who based his forecast on concentrations of radon gas around seismically active areas, was reported to police for "spreading alarm" and was forced to remove his findings from the Internet.

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This is yet another example of inconvenient truth being swept under the carpet at the expense of Innocent lives. Can you imagine the seismologist frustration in being silenced as he tried to warn the masses any way he could. He even went as far as driving around in vans with loud speakers sounding the warning of an impending quake. He based the prediction on the high levels of radon gas being released from the earth prior to the main event.

What a travesty, please leave your thoughts or further information you may find on this story.

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[edit on 7-4-2009 by The Great Day]

As horrible as this is, the other side of the story is of course:
Someone is causing trouble and creating a panic, what are the police PAID for?
It is there job!
The question is of course, did they check his credentials?
Did they try to find out if he was telling the truth?
Did they try to react in an appropriate manner?

I agree, especially in hindsight, that the decision that they made was wrong, BUT, please at least try to understand the other side of the story.
And remember, those policemen are only human...

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