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New Orleans sank once they put the levees up and drained the wetlands, because no new soil deposits from the river kept it up.

Researchers use something called geomythology to see what kind of events happened in the past using stories passed down or recorded that aligns with other information

Somehow a earthquake near washington traveled all the way to japan and casued a whale to beach in the midde of the city

people tried takinglad that wasnt theires causce all proof and evidence was wahsed away by tsunamiaaaaaa

Aborigianals near siri lanka followed the tales of old and lived

The tsunamis killed over 100k people and injured 200k more. 9k were tourists and one third of all killed were children

Earthquake was so massive that tsunamis reached africa

tsunamis came and crashedm and not many people know what to to

Author uses logos really well. Explains the causes of the dust bowl and what has happened. Provides eyewitness account for it

The dust bowl had different colored clouds depending on where it came from. the Red Cross was a bog help to people

the pandemic of 1918 was a brid flu that mutates and changes in animals like a mixer when it gets bird and human flu

The "spanish" flu, originated in America, was passed to Europe, but became known in pain due to lack of press censorship

The titanic had about 37 seconds to steer clear of the ice berg and 2 hours before it sunk

The triangle Shirtwaist coat factory. it was set ablaze and caused massive dissent among the people of NY and so many regulations on building code and such were put into place

California was built upon mashes and swamps, and had many fires and earthquake related events that killed lots of people and even tried to get people to stop using the word "Earthquake"

California was originally a small settlement with few people and lots of natives until they found gold

smallpox was used as biological warfare against the natives, and a vaccine was formed from cowpox against smallpox. Also, vaccine means "From the cow" in Latin.

I thought It would be interesting to read about disasters that humans had caused.

Diagnosed with PTSD, And delivered the news that someone had gone missing to a family member

Meets another Eod tech for the first time who is covered in blood

War changes you, and those around you notice and have to live with that. He describes himself as "dead" even though he's still alive "I didn't laugh for over a year after I came back, my wife told me"

Castner is describing his time back in Iraq with the EOD unit and how he has to deal with various situations. He also visits a art gallery and it says that sometimes for a soldier, suicide is the only moral choice

Castner is a good writer, uses sensory details to portray the scene and lets us imagine it. only downside is the constant flipping between present and past

He got back into deployment after a year and mentions how the memories of his kids are being faded or forgotten by his job

Describes his short time on tours due to certain events and his time before he got deployed

Brian recollects his days in EOD School and recounts how the person who pushed him the most, Jeff, Died.

Brian Castner recounts his past journey from his dreams as a child to getting into the airforce as a civil engineer, to becoming a chemical weapons specialist then to becoming an EOD where most of the chapter takes place

Castner continually flips between the present, past. Followig along can be confusing if you dont pay attention. He also describes how "the crazy" feels, A constant urge and longing to do something, but never getting that releif. He uses immagry to describe his thoughts when he was deployed, head constantly on a swivel, prepared to kill whomever, to stay alive.

Its good. Shows how his normal life and his "crazy" overlap. even just trying to run, it depicts how it overrides him.