Cities and disaster
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The great Lisbon earthquake and tsunami of 1 November 1775
www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1755Lisbon.html
This (literally) excessively colourful website by Dr George Pararas-Carayannis
contains good descriptions of all the disasters that occurred at Lisbon
(and their effect elsewhere in the world), plus an extract of an eyewitness
account by the Rev. Charles Davy.
Historical depictions of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake
http://nisee.berkeley.edu/lisbon/
Brief details of the earthquake, fire and tsunami, plus a thought-provoking
examination of the illustrations of Lisbon – both fact-based and
fanciful – that were inspired by this disaster.
The great Chicago fire and the web of memory
www.chicagohs.org/fire/index.html
This website has two main parts: The great Chicago fire covers
the city’s history in the 19th century, concentrating on the fire
and the years immediately following; and The web of memory considers
how the fire has been remembered by eyewitnesses, journalists, artists,
historians, photographers, poets, civic leaders, public commemorations.
Life after Katrina
http://emptythoughtbubbles.blogspot.com/2005/
09/life-after-katrina.html
Weblog quoting extensively from a Wall Street Journal article
about the disasters in Chicago and San Francisco and their aftermaths.
How unique was Katrina?
www.esignalcentral.com/exchange/10_2005/stock_watch.asp
Article by Mark Hulbert, editor of the Hulbert Financial Digest,
comparing the financial consequences of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina
with those of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the hurricane
that devastated Galveston, Texas in 1900.
The great 1906 earthquake and fire
www.sfmuseum.net/1906/06.html
A ‘Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco’ site. Includes
a timeline, reproductions of Mayor Schmitz’s ‘shoot to kill’ proclamation
and various newspaper clippings, eyewitness accounts – among much
else.
The great 1906 San Francisco earthquake
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/index.html
Interesting examination of the quake by the US Geological Survey, mainly
from a seismological viewpoint, but there is much of interest here for
the layperson.
While we quake over Katrina … we should brush up on our
history
www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/
luskin200509160848.asp
Fascinating article that compares Hurricane Katrina to the San Francisco
earthquake.
The last time America lost a city
www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/5/134849/2070
A rundown of what happened following the San Francisco earthquake (with
implied criticism of what occurred after the New Orleans hurricane).
The 1923 Tokyo earthquake
www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/1923EQ
Although this website has only a short account of the earthquake, it
does have 86 fascinating photographs of the damage to the city taken
just after the quake.
The great Kanto earthquake 1923
www.japan-guide.com/a/earthquake/
More amazing photographs of the Tokyo earthquake.
Thirty Years after the Flood
www.catpress.com/flood/index.htm
Website from Florence Art News from 1996, the 30th anniversary
of the flood. The ‘Gallery’ has dozens of great photographs
of the flood and the consequent damage.
Hurricane Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
Wikipedia article that acted as a vital source of reportage during and shortly after the disaster and which remains an excellent source of up-to-date information on its causes, both meteorologically and politically.
