Disaster Area

Written by: Jennifer Matarese
  • Summary

  • A podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.
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Episodes
  • Episode 249: The sinking of the Sea Wing
    Nov 30 2024

    It was a hot and muggy summer day as the steamboat Sea Wing carried passengers down the Mississippi River for what was to be a lovely excursion to the National Guard settlement near Lake City, MN. And it was ... until the storm hit.

    Videos:

    • The Sea Wing Disaster

    • So Minnesota: Haunted history of the Sea Wing disaster

    • Sea Wing Disaster on KSMQ's "Off 90" (Sponsored by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment)

    Articles and books:

    • Shipwrecked on Lake Pepin: The Sea Wing disaster

    • Historic Disasters in Southeast Minnesota, by Steve Gardiner

    • The Sea Wing disaster killed 98, yet the tragedy is little known beyond Red Wing

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 248: The Camp Fire - Part Two
    Nov 7 2024

    For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century.

    Videos:

    • Netflix: Fire in Paradise

    • Frontline: Fire in Paradise

    • Camp Fire: One Year Later

    • The Deadliest Fire in California History

    • Drone fire of Camp Fire devastation in Butte County

    • Trump confused over fire-hit town Paradise: 'Pleasure, what a name'

    Articles and books:

    • Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy, by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino

    • Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says

    • Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’

    • ABC10 Investigation: PG&E knew old power line parts had ‘severe wear’ months before deadly Camp Fire

    • Trump blames forest management again on California fires visit

    • The Camp Fire public report

    • ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California’s Deadliest Wildfire

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 247: The Camp Fire - Part One
    Nov 1 2024

    For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century.

    Videos:

    • Netflix: Fire in Paradise

    • Frontline: Fire in Paradise

    • Camp Fire: One Year Later

    • The Deadliest Fire in California History

    • Drone fire of Camp Fire devastation in Butte County

    • Trump confused over fire-hit town Paradise: 'Pleasure, what a name'

    Articles and books:

    • Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy, by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino

    • Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says

    • Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’

    • ABC10 Investigation: PG&E knew old power line parts had ‘severe wear’ months before deadly Camp Fire

    • Trump blames forest management again on California fires visit

    • The Camp Fire public report

    • ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California’s Deadliest Wildfire

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    1 hr and 2 mins

Featured Article: 14 of the Best History Podcasts For Every History Fan

Everybody loves historical yarn. We can watch the trials of humanity from a safe distance, then judge how well we did as a species or, more likely, how badly. And when you think things are getting better, along comes a figure or an act of nature that pushes us back to the brink again. Whatever your taste in bygone times, we've got some compelling history podcasts here, some light and humorous, some stuff you missed in history class in high school, but all ripe for learning more about the backstory on how we got where we are today.

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