Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Author: Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program
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Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 764

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Author: Jon Mooallem
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0525509925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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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 Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance!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.

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Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Edwin Butt Eckel
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Category : Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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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.

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake
Publisher: National Academies
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Category : Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1152

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Author: Tina Kasbeer
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813721644
Category : Continental drift
Languages : en
Pages : 159

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Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1716

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index