Inventing disaster the culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be for sale. Thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i cared about. It was not in the ocean on a road on it. Stories about this storm really riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post Disaster Relief in the way in which the whole says situation became politicized. It happened so soon before president ial election. I also found it interesting what all the stories told us about the larger story worlds of new york and new jersey. In the United States generally. In 2012. , i noticedortant that the news followed a pattern familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. The quantitative information about what happened. How many people died, how much property was destroyed in the value of that
Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be available for sale. I am thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i love. I found toys about the storm very riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, different efforts to provide Disaster Relief. Which the whole system became politicized. I also found it interesting what this told us about the larger worlds of new york and new jersey. I notice that the news followed a pattern that was familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. First claim the quantitative information about what happens. How may people died. How much property was destroyed. And the value of that property. Interestme the human stories, mostly uplifting stories about relief and resilience. Third and finally came the postdisaster investigation. This is a threestep process. It is how we do
Night. Youre about to see what a recordbreaking rain does as so many people lived inside a two day cloud burst. The earth groaning from the water. Watch and listen as this road collapses under the weight. Whoa oh, my god trees and earth and roads going down. So lets get to gio benitez tonight who starts us off again on the big storm and the battering aftermath. Reporter these streets are torn up. Chunks of asphalt are on peoples lawns. Much of the country is washed out. Tonight this massive storm delivers a final blow on the northeast. Mudslides on long island and heavy rain collapses walls. And covering these commuter train tracks. When absorbed that much water that short period of time, it can increase the likelihood of a collapse. Reporter in baltimore officials are testing the ground around this sinkhole to see if its safe to start digging out the ten cars it swallowed. It was like somebody came by and ripped off the side of the road. Reporter as the record breaking water recedes i
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