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Author: United States. Federal Reconstruction and Development Planning Commission for AlaskaPublisher:
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Category : Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Response to Disaster [Alaskan Earthquake, March 27, 1964]; Report
![Response to Disaster [Alaskan Earthquake, March 27, 1964]; Report PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/43JPAAAAMAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: United States. Federal Reconstruction and Development Planning Commission for AlaskaPublisher:
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Category : Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964: Lessons and Conclusions
Author: Edwin Butt EckelPublisher:
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Category : Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A summary of what was learned from a great earthquake about the bearing of geologic and hydrologic conditions on its effects, and about the scientific investigations needed to prepare for future earthquakes.
This Is Chance!
Author: Jon MooallemPublisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0525509925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster—and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together “A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.”—The Wall Street Journal “A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.”—BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year) In the spring of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was a modern-day frontier town yearning to be a metropolis—the largest, proudest city in a state that was still brand-new. But just before sundown on Good Friday, the community was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history, a catastrophic 9.2 on the Richter Scale. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world. Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman’s voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Her tireless broadcasts over the next three days would transform her into a legendary figure in Alaska and bring her fame worldwide—but only briefly. That Easter weekend in Anchorage, Genie and a cast of endearingly eccentric characters—from a mountaineering psychologist to the local community theater group staging Our Town—were thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again. Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance! is the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world. There are moments when reality instantly changes—when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. This Is Chance! is an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.
Effects of the Earthquake of March 27, 1964, at Anchorage, Alaska
Author: Wallace R. HansenPublisher:
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Category : Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A description and analysis of the damage resulting from seismic vibration, ground cracks, and especially landlsides in Alaska's largest city.
Bibliography [on Alaska Earthquakes]
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Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska EarthquakePublisher:
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2402
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Earthquake Engineering Research Center Library Printed Catalog
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Earthquake Engineering Research Center. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Technical Memorandum - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center
Author: Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Technical Memorandum
Author: Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Author: