January 12, 1888 is a bad time to be on your way home from school as Paul & Josiah discuss their most chilling story yet.

00:01:20 - Introduction

00:08:40 - Walter

00:18:23 - Background

00:53:15 - Blizzard

01:30:34 - Walter, Part II

01:36:43 - Recovery & Review

02:17:33 - Conclusion

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Paul & Josiah discuss the most powerful volcanic eruption ever recorded.

00:01:24 Introduction

00:09:00 The Eruption of Mt. Tambora

00:30:30 Background

00:45:07 Recovery

01:02:19 The Year Without Summer

01:41:48 Recovery #2

02:14:41 Context Corner

02:36:25 Conclusion

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Paintings mentioned in the episode:

‘The Scarlet Sunset: A French Town on a River‘, Joseph Mallord William Turner, c.1830

'Woman before the Rising or Setting Sun', Caspar David Friedrich, c.1818-24

Paul & Josiah discuss the deadliest tropical cyclone of all time, and the genocide that happened because of it.

00:01:57 Introduction

00:12:48 Disaster

00:25:52 Background

00:58:08 Recovery

01:22:11 Election 1970

01:22:44 Manpura

01:41:18 Operation Searchlight

01:50:01 War

02:41:41 Conclusion

⁠Expansion Empoderando a Inmigrantes⁠

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Cat and Josiah discuss the El Niño costero of 2017.

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Paul & Josiah discuss the San Franciso Earthquake of 1906.

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Josiah & Paul spend a snowy winter holiday discussing a snowy winter disaster.

This will be the last episode of 2024. Thank you so much for listening and supporting our podcast! Next year, we’re moving to a monthly schedule instead of semi-weekly.

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Paul, Josiah and a surprise special guest discuss the Johnstown flood of 1889.

Images Referenced:

Image 1: Title “Johnstown Flood” at https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A000579.PIC

Image 2: Captioned “House ripped from its foundation by the flood in Johnstown, with a tree trunk sticking out of a window. (Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)” at https://www.history.com/news/how-americas-most-powerful-men-caused-americas-deadliest-flood

Link to Association of State Dam Safety Officials: https://www.damsafety.org

Episode 011 Sources: https://thedisasterresponse.com/2024/12/04/011-the-great-johnstown-flood-1889/

Episode 009 Follow-up: https://thedisasterresponse.com/2024/12/04/episode-009-follow-up-notes/

Paul & Josiah talk about the first of 2017's hurricane trifecta. Texas gets record breaking rain, chemicals combust, and Trump issues a pardon. Also, baseball happens. Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/thedisasterresponsepodcast We're on Instagram @thedisasterresponse Photo 1: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/08/28/gettyimages-839916710_wide-9b92a19465db27d8974b7928e5ebc82745d2513f.jpg?s=1100&c=85&f=webp

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Episode 010 sources: https://thedisasterresponse.com/?p=107