Archive for the ‘Historical’ Category
2/5/1783: In southern Italy, 80,000 people died in the estimated 7.5-8M earthquake and tsunami of 1783
Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
2/4/1976: A 7.5-magnitude earthquake levels much of Guatemala City, killing 23,000 people and leaving one million others homeless.
Monday, February 4th, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfaXFtI4HLc
1/31/1953: North Sea flooding kills more than 1,500 people in the Netherlands, destroys 1 million acres of farmland, wipes out 50,000 buildings and leaves 300,000 homeless
Thursday, January 31st, 20191/22/1979: 16-year old Brenda Spencer kills 2 men and wounds 9 children as they enter the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2019“……currently serving a term of 25 years to life at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California. She has been denied parole four times, most recently in 2005…..”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlhlztJRQc
1/22/1922: Accumulated snow on the Knickerbocker’s roof collapsed the building and tons of steel and concrete fell down on top of the theatergoers killing 108 and hospitalizing another 133.
Tuesday, January 29th, 20191/27/2002: Explosions at a military depot in Lagos, Nigeria, trigger a stampede of fleeing people, during which more than 1,000 people are killed.
Sunday, January 27th, 2019
Tuberculosis, Hurricane Maria, and Puerto Rico, 2017
Thursday, January 24th, 2019“On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, with sustained winds of 130–156 miles per hour, and 15–40 inches of rain causing catastrophic flash floods. The storm destroyed electricity and communication systems, left large areas without water service, and caused widespread damage to critical infrastructure, transportation, health care, and agriculture. On the sixth day after the event, 58 (84%) of 69 hospitals on the island had no electric power or fuel for generators (1). The devastation led to declaration of a major disaster, just 10 days after a similar declaration for Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that left 1 million Puerto Ricans without electricity after its center passed approximately 57 miles north of Puerto Rico (2,3). Although the island’s entire population was affected by Hurricane Maria, the poorer, more remote, and economically disadvantaged communities, as well as those with larger numbers of bedridden and elderly persons, fared worse (4) because they had less access to already depleted health care services, more fragile homes, and no alternative means for electricity generation…….”
1/24/1939: An 8.3-magnitude earthquake centered in south central Chile leaves 50,000 people dead and 60,000 injured.
Thursday, January 24th, 20191/23/1556: An earthquake in Shaanxi, China, kills an estimated 830,000 people.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019“……the quake struck in the middle of a densely populated area with poorly constructed buildings and homes, resulting in a horrific death toll…….”