万花筒 2011-05-13&05-14 地震谣言疯传 罗马人举家外逃
时间：2012-03-27 07:26:13
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In a city famed for hustle1 bustle2 today closed for vacation, for family reasons, for personal reasons. Many Romans have fled to the beach. The fabled3 gridlock, eerily4 thin. This woman slept in her car last night until it got too cold.
All of this because of an internet
rumor5 that Raffaele Bendandini, wacky seismologist, predicted back in 1915 that this city, the
piazzas6, pizza and the Papa will be hit today by the big one. But Bendandini, who really did foresee a couple of quakes, actually, never said that never.
"I think it was all just something that went on the Internet and just got
rebounded7 around and people are
superstitious8, and need something to believe in."
This Roman panic, a social media widefire, and a viral lie. Authorities forced to fight back online and off.
There are no geodynamic conditions for this to happen in Rome, this level headed egghead told local TV. And as the day wore on, nothing. Romans claimed they were never scared anyway.
"How can you believe a thing like that?"
Now it's after midnights and the eternal city is still here, still eternal.
Nick
Wart9, ABC news, better safe than sorry, in London.
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