- Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:55 pm
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We used to have a wee house in Liguria and, ain't no two ways about it, the Autostrada dei Fiori is as scary as they come. I've driven it a thousand times.
There are few flat stretches. It barrels largely either through tunnelling or up on perilous stilts, and that is where the on/off ramps usually are. As you spiral back down, you can see the crumbling concrete and exposed foundations. It really is tanner - half-crown time.
Also, and whilst speculation as to the cause is a fool's errand, these vicious, bitter summer squalls happen all the time along that coast. A benign summer's day can turn in a moment in to Beaufort 9 winds, twisters and it be pissing lumps the size of golf balls. I sincerely doubt that the weather played any part in this.
It is a tragedy, that's for sure. I just thought that Italy had grown out of all these preventable structural failures.
Jack believed in the inherent goodness of humanity, and felt a deep social responsibility to protect that. Through us all, Jack marches on.