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Download or read book Texas Disasters written by Mike Cox and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly written collection. In this part of the country tornadoes are a frequent threat, but in addition to the many violent twisters, Texas residents have experienced fires, floods, drought, blizzards, shipwrecks, and other devastating events, including a yellow fever epidemic in 1867, which earned that year the grim moniker "The Year of Death." Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived and the heroism of those who helped others, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts.
Book Synopsis Bow Wow Texas Dogs in History, Mystery, Legends, Lore, Humor and More by : Carole Marsh
Download or read book Bow Wow Texas Dogs in History, Mystery, Legends, Lore, Humor and More written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Texas Disaster Law Guide by : Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano
Download or read book Texas Disaster Law Guide written by Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2017, Hurricane Harvey knocked power out across a wide swath of Texas, including to the Arkema plant in Crosby. Without electricity, chemicals stored there caught fire and numerous first responders tasked with enforcing the evacuation perimeter were exposed to toxic fumes. A similar situation occurred in 2010, when first responders lacked the specialized equipment and necessary expertise to deal effectively with the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This volume provides information about the legal considerations emergency responders and managers face when dealing with disasters, whether man-made or natural. Intended to assist Texas organizations and communities, many of the issues—such as mandatory evacuations and curfews, oil spills and hazardous materials and commandeering private property—will be of interest to agencies around the country. Flowcharts are included that can be reduced to a pocket-sized guide for personnel involved in mitigating the impact of catastrophes. The authors contend that a well-structured legal framework in disaster law increases a city’s resilience and ultimately reduces human suffering and costs. This guide is divided into three parts: Disaster Response Law; Identifying Authority; and Responsibility, Accountability and Liability. It also includes appendices and tables, skillsets and agency duties. It will be indispensable for increasing disaster preparedness in order to protect human life and property.
Book Synopsis Disaster at Texas City by : Ron Stone
Download or read book Disaster at Texas City written by Ron Stone and published by Shearer Pub. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Disasters written by Mona D. Sizer and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will chill readers to the bone as Sizer turns her investigative pen to reveal finds that will surprise, shock, and even enrage readers
Book Synopsis Tornadoes Over Texas by : Harry Estill Moore
Download or read book Tornadoes Over Texas written by Harry Estill Moore and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociological study of how two cities met calamitous crisis.
Book Synopsis The Texas City Disaster, 1947 by : Hugh W. Stephens
Download or read book The Texas City Disaster, 1947 written by Hugh W. Stephens and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 16, 1947, a small fire broke out among bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the hold of the ship Grandcamp as it lay docked at Texas City, Texas. Despite immediate attempts to extinguish the fire, it rapidly intensified until the Grandcamp exploded in a blast that caused massive loss of life and property. In the ensuing chaos, no one gave much thought to the ship in the next slip, the High Flyer. It exploded sixteen hours later. The story of the Texas City explosions—America’s worst industrial disaster in terms of casualties—has never been fully told until now. In this book, Hugh W. Stephens draws on official reports, newspaper and magazine articles, personal letters, and interviews with several dozen survivors to provide the first full account of the disaster at Texas City. Stephens describes the two explosions and the heroic efforts of Southeast Texans to rescue survivors and cope with extensive property damage. At the same time, he explores why the disaster occurred, showing how a chain of indifference and negligence made a serious industrial accident almost inevitable, while a lack of emergency planning allowed it to escalate into a major catastrophe. This gripping, cautionary tale holds important lessons for a wide reading public.
Book Synopsis The Texas City Disaster by : Linda Scher
Download or read book The Texas City Disaster written by Linda Scher and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grandcamp freighter held a deadly recipe in the port city of Texas City in 1947. As workers loaded bags of fertilizer made with ammonium nitrate into the ship's hold, particles from broken bags mixed with flammable debris in the freighter's hot underbelly. Heat caused the ammonium nitrate to combust, leading to one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history. In narrative detail, The Texas City Disaster recounts how the Grandcamp's explosion sent fireballs skyward to land on homes and stores, engulfing the city in flames. Through this drama, kids will learn how new safety procedures for chemical shipments help prevent such disasters today. A series of primary-source quotes from witnesses reveal the human drama, while a "Profiles" section lists players in Texas City.
Book Synopsis Texas's Most Devastating Disasters and Most Calamitous Catastrophies by : Carole Marsh
Download or read book Texas's Most Devastating Disasters and Most Calamitous Catastrophies written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1990-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents facts and information about natural disasters and catastrophes which have occurred in the state of Texas.
Book Synopsis Texas City Disaster by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Download or read book Texas City Disaster written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to provide for settlement of claims for damages resulting from the explosion of fertilizers at Texas City, Tex., on Apr. 16 and 17, 1947.
Book Synopsis Tornadoes Over Texas by : Harry Estill Moore
Download or read book Tornadoes Over Texas written by Harry Estill Moore and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Galveston Disaster by : Paul Lester
Download or read book The Great Galveston Disaster written by Paul Lester and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of a devastating hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900, including photographs of the wreckage.
Download or read book Hail of Fire written by Randy Fritz and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year people watch in shock as homes are destroyed and communities devastated by natural disasters. As the media arrives, the information that is reported is mainly statistical. The horror of living through and recovering from the experience is rarely told because almost no one has the emotional strength to speak out while the smoke is still in the air or the floodwaters are still receding. The stories of a disaster’s most important effects—which unfold slowly and invisibly for months and sometimes years—are never told. That is, until now. Hail of Fire: A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster is an intimate account of the third worst wild fire in U.S. history, and the worst in the history of Texas. It is a memoir about what happened to Randy Fritz, an artist turned politician turned public policy leader, and his family during and after, combining a searing account of the fire as it grew to apocalyptic strength with universal themes of loss, grief, and the rebuilding of one’s life after a calamitous event. The wildfire itself was traumatic to those who witnessed it and suffered its immediate aftermath. But the most significant impact came in the months and years following, as families grieved, struggled to adapt to a their new world, and accepted the destruction of an iconic forest of internationally acclaimed great natural beauty—the Lost Pines. Neighbors once close worried about or could not find one another, while others discovered new friendships that transcended the boundaries of race, class, and family lineage. Fritz, a man who previously held the highest elective office in his local community, struggled as his wife, Holly, and their youngest daughter, Miranda, tried to make sense of their losses. He never imagined the impact this disaster would have on them individually and as a family, as well as the emotional toll he would pay and the journey to make sense of it all. While natural disasters seem increasingly common, deeply personal and redemptive accounts of them are less so. Hail of Fire is an unflinching story of how a man and his tight-knit family found grace after a wildfire took everything. Fritz’s hard-won insights provide inspiration to anyone with a quest to figure out what truly matters, particularly those who have undergone an unexpected and life-changing event and those who love and care for them.
Download or read book Hurricane Harvey written by Rebecca Felix and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit the United States. This Category 4 hurricane brought devastating winds and rain. Catastrophic flooding occurred in Houston, Texas, and throughout much of Harris County as well in as parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Descriptive, informational text takes readers through the progression of events during the hurricane and its aftermath.
Download or read book The Tornado written by John Edward Weems and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can bring comes from the author’s focus on the tragedy of one American town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called “wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of details that make up their lives—and deaths. [It is] a story of enormous power.” John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, described it as “a gripping story of human drama and tragedy.” Kirkus Reviews said, “. . . the events still chill face to face with a power that defies reason.” Royalties from the sale of The Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County Public Library.
Download or read book City on Fire written by Bill Minutaglio and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the 1947 disaster that rocked a segregated Texas boomtown and revealed disturbing negligence by the private sector and the US government. First published in 2003, City on Fire is a gripping, intimate account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that demolished Texas City, Texas, in April 1947, in one of the most catastrophic disasters in American history. “Remarkable. . . . A terrific nonfiction work that has the narrative force of an adventure novel.” —Washington Post “[Among] the greatest life-or-death tales ever told.” —Esquire “City on Fire will stand on its own as one of the finest books ever written about Texas.” —Texas Observer “Incendiary reading. . . . A harrowing mosaic about a blaze during a time of racial divisions and environmental plundering…evocatively told. . . . The book vividly details the carnage as well as some acts of heroism and selflessness.” —Publishers Weekly “Riveting . . . Reminiscent of New York City’s rise from the askes after September 11, the chronicle of Texas City’s devastation and resurrection will strike a chord with contemporary readers.” —Booklist “History at its best, at once thrilling and illuminating. The story of ambition, hubris, tragedy, and bravery . . . is as timeless today in all of America as it was back in Texas more than half a century ago.” —David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story
Book Synopsis Disasters and Public Health by : Bruce W. Clements
Download or read book Disasters and Public Health written by Bruce W. Clements and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response, Second Edition, examines the critical intersection between emergency management and public health. It provides a succinct overview of the actions that may be taken before, during, and after a major public health emergency or disaster to reduce morbidity and mortality. Five all-new chapters at the beginning of the book describe how policy and law drive program structures and strategies leading to the establishment and maintenance of preparedness capabilities. New topics covered in this edition include disaster behavioral health, which is often the most expensive and longest-term recovery challenge in a public health emergency, and community resilience, a valuable resource upon which most emergency programs and responses depend. The balance of the book provides an in-depth review of preparedness, response, and recovery challenges for 15 public health threats. These chapters also provide lessons learned from responses to each threat, giving users a well-rounded introduction to public health preparedness and response that is rooted in experience and practice. Contains seven new chapters that cover law, vulnerable populations, behavioral health, community resilience, preparedness capabilities, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and foodborne threats Provides clinical updates by new MD co-author Includes innovative preparedness approaches and lessons learned from current and historic public health and medical responses that enhance clarity and provide valuable examples to readers Presents increased international content and case studies for a global perspective on public health
