6 fires that helped shape the development of American cities
These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving story of the United States.
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Researchers establish longer timeline of Pompeii eruption, extend it by 13 hours
The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...
The New York Times20d
THE GREAT FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA.; Great Destruction of Property Damage $10,000,000.
Sacramento City was the chief sufferer ... were lifted up and carried off. The destruction of property was terrible. The water came so rapidly that most people had not more than an hour's warning ...
Los Angeles Times19d
Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’
Across the tiny coastal enclave, where built-up refugee camps are interspersed among cities, drone recordings ... view the vast destruction as part of a broader pattern of extermination and ...
Los Angeles Times23d
Newsletter: The destruction of L.A. towns is inspiring some beautiful writing about them
That element of environmental destruction seems apt in this era of ... the wildness that draws us to Los Angeles. What other big city has mountain lions roaming its streets at night?
City Journal10d
Can We Rebuild Los Angeles?
The city would collect greater property tax revenue as long-held ... Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images The widespread destruction of adjacent properties means that rebuilding them could present ...