Monday, April 06, 2009

L'Aquila earthquake

The epicenter of today's tragic earthquake in Italy was only about 30 miles west of our race route on days 5 and 6 (April 23-24). A terrible nightmare situation for everyone in the region. I wonder what damage we'll see along the way? Our campsite plans on the nights of stages 3 thru 8 could be affected, but I'm pleased that we're not staying in sports halls or school gyms on those nights, which could be weakened by today's quake, or even destroyed by aftershocks with us sleeping inside them. Scary stuff, and yet another horrendous unforeseen complication for our poor race director Ingo, as he tries to get us through Italy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Russell,
Sorry I wasn’t able to be at either of your farewell parties. A family emergency took me out of town. I’ll be following your progress on your blog and cheering you on from afar.

Best wishes,
Lynett