“It is with great pleasure that this morning, during the city council meeting, we learned from the councilor’s voice Patano, in response to our urgent request, that the Nigri meteoroseismic Observatory founded in 1876 and operational until 2006 will come back to life”. This was declared by the municipal councilor of Foggia Nunzio Angiola, provincial secretary of “Cambia”.
“I thank the municipal administration for having taken our suggestion and having decided, with a great sense of responsibility, to safeguard what has been for almost 150 years an authoritative garrison in meteorology and seismic matters for Foggia and the entire Capitanata. The first financial resources have already been allocated. This is politics that is good for the soul.”
He also intervened on this point Giovanni Costantino Lobasso who, in addition to being a provincial manager of “Cambia”, is one of the most passionate references in the field of Meteorology, Geology and Astronomy in Capitanata, curator of the Clima&Scienza Facebook page. “The Nigri Meteoro-Seismic Observatory not only represented a valid point of reference for Foggia in terms of analysis and prevention of seismic and atmospheric phenomena, communicating with the local population. It is a piece of the history of our city that will be recovered and valorised, to become a site of civic and environmental education for the young people of Foggia and the entire Capitanata, as well as an original tourist attraction”.
A shiver ran down the backs of all the councilors and assessors present when the prof. Angiola exhibited the path recorded by the seismograph of the Nigri Observatory on the night of 11 November 1999, at 3.12 am when the tragedy of the collapse of Viale Giotto occurred in Foggia, where 67 Foggia residents lost their lives.
“The earth shook that night, not from an earthquake, but from the collapse of Viale Giotto. The Observatory recorded everything. May the Observatory demonstrate, for everlasting memory, how important the management of natural disasters is, but also how important the construction techniques and the quality of the materials that must be used for the construction of private and public buildings are, so that certain tragedies do not have never to happen again.”
Follow us on Instagram – Click here
Receive news for free on your Facebook Messenger. that’s how
Tags: Foggia Vincenzo Nigri Meteoroseismic Observatory life Angiolas announcement
