ABSTRACT
Of the examples of disasters discussed in conferences it seems that the majority are quantifiably massive: the floods in Bangladesh or Australia, the earthquakes in Guatemala or Peru. For the individuals and families in smaller-scale disasters, the loss of relatives or the destruction of homes is no less tragic because statistics reveal that the scale of the calamities that struck them are of lesser magnitude. So I will use as illustrations two statistically minor examples, from Cappadocia and north-west Sicily.
