The city of L’Aquila is holding a mass funeral today for the (circa) 289 earthquake victims. L’Aquila—city and province in the region of Abruzzo—is about two and a half hours from Arezzo, and while aftershocks from the initial earthquake were felt throughout the regions of Lazio, Molise, Umbria and Campania, there was no disruption in Tuscany that I know of.
Somewhere around 20,000 people are sleeping in tents, with another 10,000 to 11,000 staying in hotels.
Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi has been visiting various sites around the city, including the location where a university dormitory collapsed, burying students.
Berlusconi, infamous for his affinity for verbal fuck-ups, sustained his reign as ‘Most Unabashed Nefarious Asshole on the Face of the Planet,’ as well as certificate of ‘Nice Suit, Douche,’ when he told German press that those who are sleeping in tents due to the loss of their homes should ‘see it like a weekend of camping.’
Of course, this is coming from a man who, when asked what he thought about newly elected President Barack Obama, stated that he was ‘handsome and had a nice tan.’
Also, Berlusconi owns almost all major media outlets in the entire country of Italy. Just saying.
