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Author : Ken Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781771081771
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (817 download)
Download or read book A History of Disaster written by Ken Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ken Smith
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Disaster written by Ken Smith and published by Nimbus Publishing (CN). This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Especially the countless numbers who earn their livelihoods on the unpredictable seas or in the volatile mines. And even with continuing improvements in technology, disasters can still strike at any time, as 1992's Westray mine explosion and 1998's Swissair crash have shown. A History of Disaster chronicles forty-three of Atlantic Canada's most deadly disasters, many well-remembered and none ever forgotten. Included here are not only the region's iconic disasters like the Halifax Explosion and the Miramichi fire, but also lesser-known events, such as the 1977 Saint John jail fire. Photos and illustrations of the aftermath, the rescue efforts, and in some cases, of the disaster itself, reveal the heartbreak and bravery that accompanied these life-altering catastrophes. Book jacket.
Author : Vernon Oickle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781894864152
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Disasters of Atlantic Canada written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of western Canada has has its share of disasters, both natural and man-made. The devastation, the loss of life and the courage in the face of adversity make for powerful and poignant stories that are well told in this collection by best-selling author Tony Hollihan.
Author : Dan Soucoup
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781771087711
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Atlantic Canada's Greatest Storms written by Dan Soucoup and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind, waves and snow: Atlantic Canada has experienced more than its share of dramatic and tragic storms. In this accessible narrative, author Dan Soucoup takes readers from the eighteenth century to present day, as he details the blizzards, floods, tornadoes--and even tsunamis--that have brought havoc to the East Coast.
Author : Dan Soucoup
Publisher : Nimbus+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1771087730
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Atlantic Canada's Greatest Storms written by Dan Soucoup and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the most dramatic storms along Canada’s Atlantic coast, from 1745’s Grand Armada Tragedy to the 2017 Ice Storm. Over the centuries, Canada’s Atlantic coast has been battered by hurricanes and winter blizzards, struck by tornadoes, devastated by floods, and even hit by terrifying tsunamis. Now Dan Soucoup, a historian of Canada’s Maritime Provinces, explores the region’s most dramatic storms from the 18th century into the 21st in Atlantic Canada’s Greatest Storms. Soucoup chronicles the North Atlantic’s greatest hurricanes, including the 1775 Independence Hurricane, the Saxby Gale in 1869, and Hurricane Igor in 2010. He also recounts a terrifying series of blizzards in 1905, The Year of the Deep Snow, which left passenger trains stranded for days in the Annapolis Valley; as well as Newfoundland’s 1929 tsunami, which devastated the Burin Peninsula, striking dozens of coastal communities and carrying people and homes out to sea. Features 25 black and white images.
Author : Heather Sparling
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000825752
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Disaster Songs as Intangible Memorials in Atlantic Canada written by Heather Sparling and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster Songs as Intangible Memorials in Atlantic Canada draws on a collection of over 600 songs relating to Atlantic Canadian disasters from 1891 up until the present and describes the characteristics that define them as intangible memorials. The book demonstrates the relationship between vernacular memorials – informal memorials collectively and spontaneously created from a variety of objects by the general public – and disaster songs. The author identifies the features that define vernacular memorials and applies them to disaster songs: spontaneity, ephemerality, importance of place, motivations and meaning-making, content, as well as the role of media in inspiring and disseminating memorials and songs. Visit the companion website: www.disastersongs.ca.
Author : Ken Cuthbertson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1443450278
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book The Halifax Explosion written by Ken Cuthbertson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian war-relief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That accident sparked a fire and an apocalyptic explosion that was the largest man-made blast prior to the 1945 dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Together with the killer tsunami that followed, the explosion devastated the entire city in the wink of an eye and instantly killed more than two thousand people. While much has been written about the disaster, there is still more to the story, including the investigation of the key figures involved, the histories of the ships that collided and the confluence of circumstances that brought these two vessels together to touch off one of the most tragic man-made disasters of the twentieth century. The Halifax Explosion is a fresh, revealing account that finally answers questions that have lingered for a century: Was the explosion a disaster triggered by simple human error? Was it caused by the negligence of the ships’ pilots or captains? Was it the result of shortcomings in harbour practices and protocols? Or was the blast—as many people at the time insisted—the result of sabotage carried out by wartime German agents? December 6, 2017, marks the centennial of the great Halifax explosion. The Halifax Explosion tells the gripping, as-yet untold story of Canada’s worst disaster—a haunting tale of survival, incredible courage and, ultimately, the triumph of the human spirit.
Author : Anthony W. Rasporich
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 : 1552380912
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (523 download)
Download or read book Harm's Way written by Anthony W. Rasporich and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories told in this collection, though tragic for many, illustrate the steadfast determination and courage of people in the face of misfortune and extreme distress. From the lesser-known weed outbreaks and tornadoes to the world-wide influenza outbreak in 1918 that devastated many Calgary families, these stories focus on the human side of these disasters. It may be a heroic individual or the collective response of a community, but what is truly remarkable in these stories is the human response to the world being turned upside down by famine and disease, by flood, fire, or rock slide, by wind and cold, by dynamite or gas explosions, or even by the seemingly mundane threat of weeds upon crops. It is the resolution to continue to fight and the persistence of the human spirit and its adaptability to challenges that is the true story of a century of development in western Canada
Author : Liette Vasseur
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319634925
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Adaptation to Coastal Storms in Atlantic Canada written by Liette Vasseur and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief is based on an analysis that was performed on the 2010 winter storms that caused considerable damage to coastal communities in Atlantic Canada. The hazards that occurred were associated with storm surge, high waves, coastal erosion, and flooding. The analysis covered a large multisite longitudinal project, where a participatory action research (PAR) approach was used to understand how people in 10 coastal communities perceive and experience extreme weather events and to enhance their capacity to adapt and improve their resilience. This brief exposes the outcome of two series of interviews and activities that were conducted during the project, as well as the lessons learned, and general elements that should be considered when researchers collaborate with communities to define adaptation and resilience strategies. It makes an important contribution to the application of PAR as an integrated (social-ecological) approach to resilience and how such an approach can be adapted also to other communities.
Author : Robert Charles Parsons
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
ISBN 13 : 9781895900576
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Edge of Yesterday written by Robert Charles Parsons and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2003 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past fourteen years Robert Parsons has become one of Atlantic Canada's most popular and prolific writers, specializing in stories of ships and sailors. He's the son of a sea cook, born of the edge of the ocean and he sailed as a boy of eleven to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Now, as a retired educator, Parsons continues to research and write.
Author : Robert Charles Parsons
Publisher : East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press
ISBN 13 : 9781895900828
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecks of New Brunswick written by Robert Charles Parsons and published by East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past 20 years, Robert Parsons has become one of Atlantic Canada's most popular and prolific writers, specializing in the stories of shipwreck, rescue and survival. He devotes much of his time to researching, writing and promoting the sea-going history of Canada's eastern provinces, their ships and the people who sailed them. His books include Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster, In Peril on the Sea and The Edge of Yesterday: Sea Disasters of Nova Scotia.
Author : David Etkin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773539638
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Disaster Risk and Vulnerability written by David Etkin and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why communities and institutions need to work together to reduce disaster risk.
Author : Dean Beeby
Publisher : Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN 13 : 9780864923110
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Deadly Frontiers written by Dean Beeby and published by Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster can strike without notice. In a split-second the forces of nature, human intervention, or a simple twist of fate can place lives in jeopardy. A ship sinks, a plane crashes, a child wanders deep into the forest. Death is imminent, except for the bravery and persistence of small groups of men and women who enter these dark frontiers as rescuers. Of course they fail sometimes -- but often they return with the near dead, plucking them from the hungry jaws of disaster. Written by veteran newsman Dean Beeby, Deadly Frontiers: Disaster and Rescue on Canada's Atlantic Seaboard tells the stories of real-life heroes, and of the bureaucracy and bungling that threaten their lives and those they have sworn to save. In Deadly Frontiers, Dean Beeby deals with the chilling question of Canada's preparedness for disaster, as he investigates the most significant events in the contemporary history of search and rescue. Canada occupies a unique position in the rarified world of search and rescue. The second-largest country on the planet, Canada has three jagged coastlines, an immense internal wilderness, and a vast Arctic to swallow hapless travellers. Since the Second World War, Canada's East Coast has been the crucible for modern search-and-rescue techniques and equipment. This hard-won experience has been driven mostly by disaster, from the 1982 sinking of the Ocean Ranger oil rig off Newfoundland to numerous cargo-vessel disappearances in the 1990s, including the Protektor, Gold Bond Conveyor, Marika, and Vanessa. Ground search and rescue, a special branch of this culture, was reborn in 1986 during the protracted search for a lost child in the forests north of Halifax. Swissair Flight 111 plunged into waters off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia in 1998, triggering a massive search-and-recovery effort, as well as a fundamental rethinking of emergency response. The worst disaster within the search-and-rescue community itself was the 1998 crash in Quebec of a Labrador helicopter from Greenwood, Nova Scotia, leaving six rescue specialists dead among the charred wreckage. In Deadly Frontiers, author Dean Beeby examines official documents, forensic evidence, and the personal histories of those involved in these cases and more. His book is a frank examination of how Canada's tragedies and triumphs have helped forge a professional search-and-rescue culture that is second to none.
Author : Robert Charles Parsons
Publisher : East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press
ISBN 13 : 9781895900743
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster written by Robert Charles Parsons and published by East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are over sixty stories of piracy, fire, explosions, disappearances, rum running, shipboard mutiny and murder. There are also stories of collisions with whales, icebergs and other ships, as well as wrecks on rocks, islands and sand bars. Vessels, large and small, were struck by lightning, shelled or torpedoed by enemy vessels, crushed by Arctic ice, and even swallowed up whole by unexpected intense gales and hurricanes. These true tales of shipwrecks delve into strange and curious marine disasters. The setting, primarily the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, was the main trading route for passenger steamers and treading schooners plying their way to and from Europe and also the site of the much frequented fishing grounds. It is said to be the "stormiest ocean on earth." The time range in Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster is one hundred years, between the 1850s and the 1950s but the stories themselves are timeless.
Author : Carmel Vivier
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459504747
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecks Off the East Coast written by Carmel Vivier and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecks Off the East Coast tells the stories of nine ill-fated vessels as they navigated the often treacherous waters of the Atlantic region. Among them: the wreck of the SS Atlantic, only miles from safety in Halifax, where 562 people perished, including all women and children aboard but one solitary boy; the dramatic sinking of the SS Caribou, destroyed by a German U-boat's torpedo off the coast of Newfoundland, with 135 lives lost; the famous sinking of the sailing vessel Marco Polo just ninety metres offshore of PEI; and the Royal Tar, whose passengers included a full complement of circus animals and performers, which was engulfed by fire and abandoned by her chief crew members.
Author : Robert Charles Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897426159
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Wrecked and Ruined written by Robert Charles Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert C. Parsons was born in Grand Bank, one of the great Newfoundland seaports for sailing schooners in the salt fish, hook and line era. He attended an all-grade school in his community and later graduated from Memorial University with a master's degree in Language. Wrecked and Ruined is Robert's twenty-third book. He frequently contributes sea stories to magazines, journals and newspapers and has appeared on the TV series Disasters of the Century.
Author : David Flemming
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0887806325
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)
Download or read book Explosion in Halifax Harbour written by David Flemming and published by Formac Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a definitive account of the Halifax explosion and its aftermath, and the most extensive collection of images - many in colour - available in print.
