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ROME (Reuters) – If tourists find Rome unusually quiet next Wednesday, the reason will probably be that thousands of locals have left town in fear of a devastating earthquake allegedly forecast for that day by a long-dead seismologist.
For months Italian internet sites, blogs and social networks have been debating the work of Raffaele Bendandi, who claimed to have forecast numerous earthquakes and, according to internet rumors, predicted a "big one" in Rome on May 11.
Originally posted by R3N3G4D3
reply to post by NuclearPaul
I wonder if the Vatican remains standing if all other buildings are destroyed?? If that happens and the pope comes out and says God helped the building I will become a believer.
Guess we'll find out tomorrow man.
Originally posted by NuclearPaul
reply to post by R3N3G4D3
Or if it happens and the Vatican crumbles? Will the Pope flee Rome?
I think that's supposed to be the next Pope though.
Paola Lagorio, the president of an association dedicated to Bendandi and which preserves all his manuscripts, says they make no reference to any earthquake around Rome in 2011.
Originally posted by Jomina
Nope. According to the Pope's prophecy, the one currently in place (Benedict) is the 111th and the last.
Originally posted by jaydeePNW
So thousands of people are leaving based on no solid information whatsoever.... And people wonder why the government may hold evidence.
Originally posted by jaycen420
Originally posted by jaydeePNW
So thousands of people are leaving based on no solid information whatsoever.... And people wonder why the government may hold evidence.
Thats the power of fear my friend.
An earthquake struck the south-eastern Spanish city of Lorca on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens amid scenes of chaos caused by the country's worst quake for half a century.
The earthquake was magnitude 5.1 and came at 6.47pm local time, almost two hours after a 4.4 magnitude quake had already caused considerable damage and forced many people out of their homes into the city's streets.