Il quotidiano inglese ripete alcune parti di un articolo pubblicato da La Repubblica, ma mi sembra che molto succintamente inquadri il problema in maniera non scorretta:
The memo stated that it was "improbable" there would be a major quake, but the threat could not be discounted.
Commission members also told the local media that it was impossible to predict quakes, adding that six months of low-magnitude tremors was not unusual in the highly seismic region and did not mean a major quake would follow.
An interview with commission member Bernardo De Bernardis, of the national civil protection department, in which he rejects suggestions that the public should worry, is cited in the prosecutor's case.
Asked whether residents should just sit back and relax with a glass of wine, he said, "Absolutely, a Montepulciano doc [a Tuscan red wine]. This seems important."
The charges filed by the prosecution contends that this assessment "persuaded the victims to stay at home", La Repubblica newspaper reported.
