There was a 6.3 Richter earthquake late yesterday morning.
The epicentre was some way east of this little Aegean island and there was no
damage or casualty here beyond the spilling of coffee by a few freaked-out
people. However I understand the roof of Lemnos airport collapsed, which won't help tourism.
A few years ago there was a smaller one, but with its
epicentre right here. That evening a friend of mine was having dinner outside a
taverna with one of the tour reps. The tour rep was nominally off duty, but I
suppose, like doctors and priests, tour reps are never really off duty, and
their dinner was interrupted by a worried tourist who wanted to know how often
earthquakes happened here and how severe they were. Before the young lady rep
could make a diplomatic reply, my irritated friend, who if I know him had by
then reached a delicate stage in inveigling her into going back to his place
after dinner, said ‘Well, we have big earthquakes and we have little
earthquakes; it all depends how much you pay for your holiday.’
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