Italian Official: In California, No One Would Be Dead

More earthquake coverage, from the New York Times:

Italian Official: In California, No One Would Be Dead
By By Robert Mackey and Liz Robbins
Published: April 7, 2009
As Italy recovers from the deadly earthquake on Monday in the Abruzzo region, an Italian official has blamed poor enforcement of building standards and stated simply: "In California, an earthquake like this one would not have killed a single person."

Here's the link:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/italian-official-in-california-no-one-would-be-dead/