January 5, 2004
How to survive the quake in Tehran
People in Tehran, are extremely worried and concerned about a highly possible quake in the center of Tehran with more than 15 million of population. It's always been a sensitive topic in the last two decades, but after the Bam quake which killed two third or even more of 85,000 population of the small city, a collective fear has found it's way in everybody's lives in Tehran.
The biggest signs are the links Tehranian bloggers give to some recourses predicting the huge toll and destruction of Iranian capital as a result of a relatively big quake. Damsanj, which is like the Blogdex for Persian blogosphere has several links related to quake in Tehran. (Most popular is "A guide to survive the Tehran earthquake.")
Oddly enough, Shargh has covered the story on its front page. This is rare because the government has prevented journalists to talk too much about the quake in Tehran fearing it may cause a huge panic. But now, I guess, the amount of stress is so high that the government can't control the discussion about it anymore.
Posted by hoder at January 5, 2004 4:20 PM- By: Mohammad on January 8, 2004
- By: Carlos on January 7, 2004