>Hamburg is only one example. What about:
>Stuttgart Museum (Clessin, Geyer, Krauss and others) destroyed during WW II
>Stettin Museum (Dohrn, Pfeiffer, Troschel, Roemer a.a.) largely destroyed
>during WW II
>Milano (Brocchi, Villa, a.o.) largely destroyed during WW II
>Genoa (Danilo & Sandri, Pini, a.o.) largely destroyed during WW II
>Liverpool Museum largely destroyed during WW II
>Bukarest Museum destroyed during 1956 uprising
>Philippine Bureau of Sciences (Faustino) destroyed during WW II
>and other collections which were destroyed either by fire or earthquakes:
>Stimpson in the Chicago fire in 1871
>Kuroda during fire in 1931
>J.E. Cooper during San Francisco earthquake 1906
>Seguenza during Messina earthquake 1908
>and numerous other examples

Well, that settles it. ASAP ALL scientifically important collections
must be moved together to the geologically stable center of a major
continent, in an area free of savage storms (tornadoes), and housed
in an asteroidproof construction.

I suggest the northern prairie of central Canada; Siberia is too
unstable culturally/politically.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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