CASTELSANTANGELO SUL NERA (Macerata) — The long night of the displaced in Castelsantangelo sul Nera, the epicenter of the first shock of 19.11, begins in a bar, about half an hour after the bang of a magnitude of 5.4, which forces the residents to leave their homes and arrive on the streets. At the beginning, without a precise destination, then to the only destination possible: The “Capannaccio”, a local wood on an octagonal base with a large dome supported by steel bars. It is located at the entrance of the village. Here, until just the other day, we were gathered together to play bilardo or to drink a beer. The owners, Massimo Berta and Pamela Hood had not expected to keep open the local but, when the earthquake has them thrown out of their house, Visso, they thought that the bar of Castelsantangelo, eight kilometres away from home, was one of the most safe for themselves and for their customers. And so they reached the car, opened up and converted in fact into a shelter for all the displaced of the town.
“Inattention after August”
In the “Capannaccio” the frequent and violent shock, preceded by roar similar to thunder, arriving the same but they will be less afraid. The tie rods creak and the wood creaks with each new blow, but it is not a fold. Families with elderly, young couples with children, people who arrive in dribs and drabs, all assisted by volunteers, they settle as they can, perching on chairs and stools. There are those who do not surrender to the usual beer, there are those who choose a hot punch. You try to play down, is not easy. The civil Protection delivery blankets to each of them for a night that promises to be long and full of nightmares lived with open eyes. Pamela offers everyone a smile and patient, in pain and almost resigned. To Castelsantangelo the nightmare lasted over two months. “80 percent of the houses here was abandoned already by the earthquake of the 24th of August — he says — and many had left their homes already in that occa sion. Many of the residents were refugees in Visso, where we live, because it was one of the centres that appeared to be less affected by the earthquake of the summer. This time, however, the earthquake has not spared”. One of the customers approaches you, you call Mark (will not reveal his last name) and is an agent of the Guardia di Finanza. It is not in service. On April 6, 2009, he left for The Eagle, joining all the other rescuers. Now it’s up to him to be a relief. “I don’t know how I will find my home, myself and the family we escaped the first shock. Here we live in months, the nightmare of the earthquake, yet forty days, this town remained out of the crater, I wonder if this carelessness has anything to do something with what has just happened”.
first citizen: “These countries are at risk of dying”
Castelsantangelo and in areas affected by the earthquake, the fear on the faces of the people, often gives way to despair. The nerves are put to the test for too long. But it is also nice to be able to witness the courage and solidarity of the volunteers, police, administrators. Alessandro Gentilucci, mayor of Pieve Torina, puts you personally in the guide of the Fiat Punto of the Town to visit one by one the thirteen hamlets of his administration. Check the houses, answering a thousand phone calls, giving instructions to his to help families in difficulty or to reach for elderly or disabled people who need help or health care urgent. “We have an area of 78 square kilometres in which live 1,500 persons, it is not an exaggeration to say that today they are almost all displaced persons, given that 95 percent of the houses suffered deep injuries and is unfit for use. We were recovering slowly from the earthquake of August 24 and now it’s this oth er, we must become a force and start over, otherwise our country will die”.
October 27, 2016 (change on October 27, 2016 | 10:17)
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