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natural disasters
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
A review of PBS’s “The Great San Francisco Earthquake”
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The worst natural disaster suffered by a North American city in the twentieth century … In 1906, San Francisco was hit by one of the worst n...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
A review of PBS's “Influenza 1918” (American Experience)
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“I had a little bird Whose name was Enza, I opened the door and ‘ in-flew-Enza .’ ” – A popular ditty sung by children, at the time t...
Monday, March 23, 2020
A review of “The Plague” (History Channel)
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The greatest outbreak of disease in recorded human history (the Black Death) … It is still the greatest outbreak of disease in recorded ...
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