Richmond san rafael bridge here is a commuter and across that span light rain for now we do have more heavy rain to the west and before too much on russia stopped and had better ride as well we are looking in the south back at least the san mateo bridge on the heavy rain that extends all the way to the east bay shoreline Haywood Fremont and the city do with heavy rain right now if all this is have in your direction out of sfo better than to our the lens for income flights because of the storm system that is not that bad just like branford not Danville San Ramon dublin presence and your sins and light showers if these heavier rains can hold together and work the way up over the east hills investor was to some of those hours as well. James were looking at conditions by the noon hour partly status showers will back off just a little bit but we run the risk even for the 3 00 hour. Robin w without any hot spots the committed to doing well with noticed fender benders but nothing major nothin
So this coming april, next april marks the 100 Year Anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, which was an event that until up to fairly recently, was arguably the worst Natural Disaster in American History. However, what is often overlooked by those unfamiliar with the history of the 1906 earthquake is that the quake itself, measuring somewhere around 8, i believe on the Richter Scale, actually played a lesser role than some may think in the ensuing catastrophe. As dennis will surely explain, fire was the culprit of much of the devastation that came afterwards. And in the wake of recent events, it seems particularly timely to look to the 1906 quake for lessons in dealing with those catastrophes. And their aftermath, particularly the social and psychological consequences. So just to tell you a bit about dennis before we start, he is a former new york city firefighter. Now one of the leading historians on the subject of firefighting, and hes also the editor of fire house magazine. In
Comcast supports cspan is a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to democracy. Good morning. Im a reporter with National Public radio. Such an honor to be the National Book festival and we do these distinguished authors. Within the next hour almost which is just notot enough time learning about two of the most unsung female heroines at the Civil Rights Movement, two women who in many, many ways could that have been more different. One was establishment. One was grassroots. One was upwardly mobile, kobe well educated and the other one came from a background filled with such deprivation that describe it that seems almost a greater one was an obvious leader one was an unlikely and late in life luminary. Both of them change the course of history and neither one of them has been given their due. Hopefully these biographies thao were going to be discussing will help change that tomiko brownnagin is a dean at the harvard, at harvard university.
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