• @paranoid@lemmy.world
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    1711 days ago

    Italy has always been a bit odd - I remember a group of scientists were convicted of manslaughter because they didn’t predict an earthquake that killed a few hundred people.

    • TachyonTele
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      1611 days ago

      Dude. That happened way back in …2009!
      Whatthefuck is wrong with people? At least it got overturned.

      • themadcodger
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        911 days ago

        I remember that! But yeah, it didn’t make any sense back then either.

        • @bss03@infosec.pub
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          11 days ago

          The USGS still claims, as it did in 2009, that earthquakes are unpredictable. At best they’ve been able to communicate when/where seismic events happen slightly faster than they propagate through the earth.

          • LousyCornMuffins
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            311 days ago

            most of the time i get the “you’re having an earthquake” text a few seconds after the shaking stops, but a few times it’s come before it started so hey