Italy and earthquakes Another devastating earthquake hit the center of Italy few weeks ago. Almost three-hundred people has died and 2 town has practically been burned to the ground. Unfortunately, it seems to happen every 3-4 years and every time causes large amount of damage. What can we do for avoiding or ,at least, cutting the harms down? In Italy, earthquakes aren't as frequent as in Japan, for example. Nevertheless, most of the penisinsula is considered seismic zone. Although predicting earthquakes is impossible, our government has the responsibility of investing in the prevention. Firstly, quake-proof standards have to be raised, especially in the zones more endangered. Secondly, old buildings should be recovered in order to be able to stand in case of a quake. Indeed, the majority of the damage of the last seism happened in old towns like Amatrice, which has been totally destroyed. In my opinion, it should be forbidden to live in these unsafe buildings when they are placed in such a dangerous area. In a map that shows the risk of seismic event, the centre of Italy is coloured purple which means the highest level of risk possible. Therefore, it's unthinkable to let people live more-of-100-year-old buildings, and our government ought to help people to move to safer and newer constructions. Beyond that, I want to stress the importance of education. Behaving in a determined way during natural events can increase the probability of surviving. People have to be taught what to do during an earthquake by specific courses. If we don't do anything to be ready, we will pay the consequences every time a quake hits our country.