Breaking on Fox. Building Collapse in Milan Italy

9/18/06

[tomnbeverly]

Heard from Shep Smith just now. Witnesses smelled gas at least 2 dead.

[CindyDawg]

I think it's a translation.

[Red Badger]

That's just silly! How can a non European ever find their room in the hotels?.......

[Verginius Rufus]

Four piani = four floors. It says one of the victims was Albanian and the other a 69-year-old man.

[conservative in nyc]

Why would the 2nd or 3rd floor in Italy be the 3rd or 4th in America?.....

Because the first floor to us is the ground floor to them (and most Europeans). The second floor to us is the first floor to them. I don't know why.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

No,,Just about the divorce,,,

[oldleft]

International Herald Tribune

Report: Building collapses in Milan, killing at least 2
The Associated Press

Published: September 18, 2006



MILAN, Italy A 4-story building collapsed late Monday, killing at least two people and injuring several dozen, police and Italian news reports said.

Police in Milan confirmed a building had collapsed on the eastern edge of Italy's financial capital, but no one was immediately available to confirm the number of casualties. The ANSA agency quoted police officials at the scene as saying two people had been killed.

Several emergency and rescue officials were at the scene of the collapse, and ANSA quoted witnesses as saying they had smelled gas shortly before the explosion, which happened about 8 p.m. (1800 GMT).

[Zeppelin]

or a pilot light...

[conservative in nyc]

I think that means 4-5 floors, not 45. There aren't many Italian buildings that are 45 stories tall.

[conservative in nyc]

Here's a picture of the damage:


And here are some Italians standing in front of the damage for you:

[netmilsmom]

>>That translation reads like an instruction manual on a Tiawanese product. <<

Ever read this site?

http://www.engrish.com

[Buck W.]

"I've been the involved in several accidental gas leaks, but they've never brought down a building."

You're right. Karl Rove planted explosive charges throughout the building, then Bush MIHOP.

(I don't need a /sarc tag, do I?)

[andy58-in-nh]

It's usually not the oregano but the garlic that gets you.

[Sender]

Panda bear. Eats, shoots and leaves.

[Red Badger]

The Italians look PhotoShopped in..........but then that's normal for Italians........

[conservative in nyc]

The Italians look PhotoShopped in..........but then that's normal for Italians........

Feeding your photoshop conspiracy theory:


F.D.N.Y.?

[dfwgator]

Where's Green Helmet Guy?

[AnAmericanMother]

I've been involved in the investigation of numerous fires, including natural gas explosions, and the damage in the photos looks like a classic NG explosion. Ignition of the gas blew the walls out nearest the leak (that, or just the windows and doors if it's a smaller explosion, are the weakest points where the combustion gases will escape).

Sometimes you get a complete collapse as a result of the removal of the lateral support, but in this case it looks like the building was strong and redundant enough to survive the blowout.

[Kirkwood]

"Who writes this crap? The EXPLOSION has PROVOKED damages? "

Calm down. It is a computer algorithm-based translator, not a person.

[Red Badger]

HA! I caught you!.............

[conservative in nyc]

I didn't photoshop any of the pictures. They are all from Corriere della Sera's website.

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