Message du Directeur du Laboratoire du Gran Sasso
Dear friends and colleagues,
as you already know, an earthquake has devastated the area around the town of L'Aquila, Italy, causing hundreds of deaths and making thousands of people homeless. The government is deploying all the possible resources for the rescue operations, but the situation is still extremely severe.
The epicenter of the shocks lays only a few km from the site of the Gran Sasso underground laboratory.
However, fortunately, the people and the equipment of the Laboratory did not suffer damage. All the running experiments are working smoothly, and the external buildings have been essentially untouched.
I thank you for the messages of solidarity and simpathy.
Anyone wishing the help the many homeless people of L'Aquila and surroundings can make a money transfer to the Bank CARISPAQ SPA, quoting as reason for the transfer: "Vittime terremoto L'Aquila" Iban code: IT 53 Z 06040 15400 000 000 155 762 BIC/Swift code: BPMOIT22XXX.
With kind regards,
The Director of LNGS
Prof. Eugenio Coccia
ubassler, dépêche du 08/04/2009
