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Dramatic color photographs, including the collapsed section of the Bay Bridge, a bulldozer demolishing a severely damaged apartment building, and an abandoned teddy bear sitting amid rubble, emphasize its severity. From School Library JournalGr 4-6From the sudden shaking of the stands in Candlestick Park, where fans awaited the start of game three of the 1989 World Series, to the l

• Title : San Francisco Earthquake, 1989: Death and Destruction (American Disasters)
• Author : Victoria Sherrow
• Rating : 4.52 (805 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-2-2
• Format : Library Binding
• Pages : 48 Pages
• Asin : 0766010600
• Language : English

Dramatic color photographs, including the collapsed section of the Bay Bridge, a bulldozer demolishing a severely damaged apartment building, and an abandoned teddy bear sitting amid rubble, emphasize its severity. From School Library JournalGr 4-6From the sudden shaking of the stands in Candlestick Park, where fans awaited the start of game three of the 1989 World Series, to the lengthy efforts to locate and rescue survivors trapped in buildings and on Interstate Highway 880, this volume presents a clear overview of the earthquake and its aftermath. Simple explanations of the San Andreas fault, the Richter scale, scientific progress in earthquake prediction, and the difficulties experienced by agencies attempting to provide shelter and transportation for the suddenly homeless add to the books value.Ginny Gustin, Santa Monica Public Library, CA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Details the events surrounding the earthquake that took place in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 1989, as well as the clean-up and recovery efforts that followed.

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