Lixouri - Earthquake

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Lixouri

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Κεφαλονίτικη Ζωή

Kefalonian Life

Συνεντεύξεις

Earthquake

Πρακτικές

Aftermath

Ζωντανές Αντανακλάσεις

Living Reflections

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Maria Aravantinou Fatorou

"We lived in Soularous when the earthquake happened. I remember that were shaken for many days before, but we weren’t frightened, we were used to it. At the time of the earthquake, I helped my father take water out of the well, because it was too hot and we had to cool down the cheese at the dairy. The earthquake was so strong that it shook us down to the ground. A cloud of dust suspended in the air for many days after. My father took me by the hand and we tried to find our way back home to check on the others among ruins, as most of the houses and the stone walls were shattered. Thankfully we were all outside of the house."

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Anneta Zafirakopoulou

“(At the time of the earthquake) I lived in Korianna, we had a house there. A two-storey house, where I lived with my family, all five of us, dad, mum, my brother, my sister. I remember several earthquakes having taken place, but one of them was more powerful and our house cracked at many places. We were afraid to go in and for this reason we moved to a field across our home and we lived in the countryside under the olive trees. We stayed there for the night, we had taken our mattresses, some beds and some pots to cook.”