Jack London's The Story Of An Eyewitness

George Heinrich Crist, a resident of Kentucky, was settled with his family in a well-built house when the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 came across their path, unlike a storm this “thing” had no warnings. He chose to share his account of this quake, or quakes. This was part of his life and also a part of history in the making so that is why I believe he shared his personal essay. It’s not an argumentative account but rather short entries from 5 months from his life. Kentucky wasn’t the only state that was hurt, 6 other states were involved. The term “New Madrid Earthquake” refers to portions of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. This was the biggest earthquake (series of earthquakes) as it changed the course of the Mississippi river.

Long-term impacts Disease may spread. People may have to be re-housed, sometimes in refugee camps. The cost of rebuilding a settlement is high. Investment in the area may be focused only on repairing the damage caused by the earthquake. Income could be lost. Important natural and human landmarks may be

Lasting less than a minute, the immediate impact of the earthquake was disastrous. The earthquake also lead to several fires around the city that burned for three days and destroyed nearly 500 city blocks (archives.gov).The earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3,000

It is March 28, 1911, you wake up, make your coffee, and begin reading the newspaper, you notice a large printing at the top, reading, “148 leap to death or perish in fire.” As you read on, you come to realize that three days ago, women and men that lived on your street, are now dead due to a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

One day, word went around the neighborhoods that they would be transported. People started to worry. No one knew where they were going. Rumors spread about going to Hungary to work in the “brick factories” there. People began to pack all they could. When the day came for people to start leaving people had to leave their belonging behind that they couldn’t carry. The streets were full of the things that had to be left behind. They were forced to leave pieces of themselves behind. Memories, Valuables, and everything else that help make them human. Homes were abandoned, left open like an old deserted warehouse. The ghettos started to resemble graveyards. Full of the ghost of who they once were. Taking away the objects that were most important to them helped to dehumanize them by taking away the things that represented their lives as humans.

When this fire struck it wasn’t just when the fire was burning it was after too. The survivors of this bad event had many effects that changed their lives. Many people’s homes were destroyed like the Kramers they had no place to live Peshtigo was completely burnt to ashes. Also many people lost their families and suffered with sadness the article Blood Red Night states

Famous satirical author in the Gilded age, Mark Twain, in his “Dreams Dissipated”, argues the Great Earthquake in San Francisco in 1865 had revealed the true animal-like behavior of the elite and other people with a following. Twain’s purpose is to unveil the true nature of the elite and influential public figures to show they are not superior than the general public, in order for his audience not to seek guidance from the elite and view them as people with flaws. Twain adopts a mocking tone for his audience who may blindly follow the elite and other groups, as well to an audience who may be unaware of the ‘true’ effect it had on the people of San Francisco. Twain supports this claim by first using intricate descriptions for each scenario taking

Albert Marran also gives evidence about who’s the problem even caused by the awful tragedy. There were two different people, the owner’s fail or the builder’s fail. In paragraph 2 it states,” The hose had not been connected to the standpipe.” This is a building fail because if they built the building correctly, then they could use the hose to collect water to stop the fire from spreading. In paragraph 6 it states,” There were no lights in the stairway, so they had to grope their way in darkness.” This is the owners fail because they should have taken the time and money to put up lights in the stairway for safety. In paragraph 7 it states,” This was not unusual, as employers often locked doors to discourage latecomers and keep out union organizers.” This is the owner's fail because it caused a hazard for the workers if there was an emergency. Human life wasn’t valued or a priority. At the beginning of the excerpt, there is a subtitle, “ Holocaust.” Holocaust means a mass scale of destruction by a fire. This subtitle is put at the beginning of the excerpt because it shows the reader how much the=is tragedy changed the

Earthquakes are terrible, heartbreaking events. Being caught in one could turn the whole world as you know it, upside down. The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 went down in history as one of the most deathifying, tragic earthquakes of all time. The main character in the fictional novel Dragonwings describes this earthquake as he lives through it. The main character, Moon Shadow, can only describe the earthquake to a certain point, whereas a factual short story called “The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fires of San Francisco”, can provide a much broader span of information.

His miracle constructional and logistics work attracted more than 18 million people on the 11th month of the canal opening. His works are marked as a great win for the waterway's engineers. The formation of new modern San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire is also one of the great works penned down in the history of time. (Diebold, 2013)

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, the people of San Francisco were abruptly awaken to one of the world’s most expensive and impacting earthquakes of the 20th century. The magnitude of the earthquake is debatable, ranging from 7.7 to as high as 8.2. However, the most accepted Richter measurement is 7.9. This is debated because Charles Richtor developed his scale in 1935, after the killer quake. The main shock epicenter occurred offshore 3.2 km from the city, near Mussel Rock. It ruptured along the San Andreas Fault northward and southward for 476 km (296 miles). The quake was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles, inland as far as Nevada. Though the earthquake was impacting in itself, it lasted less than a minute and the most damage was done by the resulting fire that lasted 4 days. The earthquake bears inexhaustible remembrance as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States and has had lasting social, fiscal, and political impact.

On April 18, 1906, a powerful, destructive earthquake and decimating fire crept up on the inhabitants of San Francisco, causing many injuries and deaths.

The 7.0 earthquake killed an estimated 240,000 people, injured another 300,000, and left more than 1 million people homeless. These numbers are staggering in comparison to its magnitude. In comparison, only 63 people were killed and 4000 injured after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in San Francisco in 1989. Some of the reasons for this include the shallow focus, the event taking place in a heavily populated area, and the poor economic status of Haiti. Devastation to this developing nation was inevitable due as Haiti suffered from lack of a seismic protection building code, poor foundation of buildings, and poor building materials. Many buildings were made using

“We all felt the fire tearing away at the walls. Puffs of smoke continued to spew through the glass doors. My head spun and I fell onto the brittle floor. The man and woman limped towards the shattered doors together, lined in blood and charred with ash. The woman disappeared through the escaping smoke as the screeching door opened. But the man was still in my sight.”

San Francisco's temblor was followed by major fires that lasted for several days. About 3,000 people died and more than 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed.San Francisco was destroyed. Streets of San Francisco: Fires break out in San Francisco on April 18, 1906, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city. Because they had different purposes for writing, Emma Burke’s point of view of the 1906 earthquake was while Moon Shadow’s point of view was _earthquakes are not enjoyable and you have to find a way to survive it’s like a puzzle .