Colonial america, famine suffered by the donner party en route to california, irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine to create new lives in this country, disaster tourism, the johnstown flood of 1889, the impact of the fire in new york city, and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today, we are discussing davids Pulitzer Prize winner book, polio an american story. You all received questions that i posted and im really interested in the topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s and of course thats when this takes place and i think just looking at polio, really, so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting, though, i just want to mention one thing in light of what we were talking about in terms of dust bowl art. I was reading the new york review of poobooks and there is review of a novel that Woody Guthrie wrote, a novel called house of earth. Doesnt get a very good review. But obviously, he gets some attention. And youll be pleased
Emphasis on research and writing. Over the semester, weve examined various disasters. First of all the psychological and physical problems at jamestown, disaster sermons in responses to fires, hurricanes and epidemics in colonial america, famine suffered by the donner party, the potato family, disaster of tourism, the impact of the triangle shirt waste factory and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. Today were discussing polio an american story. You all received questions that i posted and im enterintereste this topic because i teach a seminar in the 1950s. Looking at polio reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting, though, i just want to mention one thing in light of what we were talking about in terms of dust bowl art, i was reading the new york review of books and there is a review of a novel that Woodie Guthrie wrote. It doesnt get a very good review. But obviously he gets some attention. Youll be pleased to know that the introducti
It was hot yesterday, just wait until this afternoon. It gets even hotter with plenty of sunshine. We will talk about the heat advisory in just a moment. It is a mild warm start to our day. We are in the 50s and 60s under clear skies and the heat advisory is in effect for most of the bay area except for the coast and immediate shoreline from 11 am until 7 pm, not just today but also for wednesday and thursday due to this very hot temperatures. Well above average for this time of year. 82 in San Francisco, 88 in oakland, 97 in san jose and triple digit heat in concord. 17 to 23 degrees above average for this time of year. I will talk about the cool down and the next chance to see some showers in a few minutes. Following some breaking news out of oakland, going live to the scene of a grass fire. Of firefighters just put out it. Is started at around old port street. This started before 4 am and it quickly grew to many more. We have not gotten any official words on the size but plenty of c
Regions. This is unlike our typical offshore flow where the wind is going this way and everybody is hot. San francisco is in the 90s. This is coming from the southeast. Youre seeing excessive heat warning in the Central Valley where numbers that could make this week. The heat advisory. So what did i just say . Its hot. And this going to stay hotter tomorrow and start to cool off rapidly. Here is the trend the next couple of days. You will see wednesday it cools off around the bay a little bit more still hot inland, though. And then thursday, friday, and saturday you see that cooldown. So a big cooldown for the weekend. But you got to get to tonight and you got to get through tomorrow. At the coast it is not bad. Right around the bait is not bad. You can deliver more, you get into stockton, you get into clayton and evergreen, and morgan hill, it is hot. I will see you back here in a few minutes. All right, we will talk to you then. Now we got Maureen Naylor in the south bay tonight. San
People on casino floors and mandating all employees wear masks. The governor plans to take a covid19 test tomorrow and will share the results when they come in. At the live news death, im maria medina. California coming close to reaching 100,000 cases of covid 19. Right now, more than 96,000 people have tested positive. The governor says the state sees an increase of more than 3 of people getting tested and the rate of cases Holding Steady which is a positive sign. A tragic turn in the case of a 5yearold boy who vanished during a memorial day outing in sacramento. The boys body discovered today in the american river. His family said he disappeared at Discovery Park when a fight broke out with a nearby group. Marissa perlman reports, the Family Claims Police were more concerned about the fight then finding the missing boy. Reporter they call for zion butler. He went missing at Discovery Park, last seen sitting on a blanket near the waters edge. Thousands were here for memorial day. His