HeyJaredDisaster Area
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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Episode 271: The Sampoong department store collapse (opens the original)
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It might have felt like just a bad day at work - cracks in the walls, the merchandise shaking on the shelves, the air conditioning needing to be turned off. But the Sampoong department store wasn't just falling apart metaphorically. It was quite literally taking all day to fail. Videos: Seconds From Disaster: Superstore Collapse Blueprint for Disaster: Sampoong Collapse Articles and books: Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down by Phillip Wearne 30th Anniversary Memorial for Sampoong Department Stor
Episode 270: The Nika riots (opens the original)
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In 6th century Constantinople, Emperor Justinian would lead the Byzantine empire into conquering other lands, constructing impressive architecture, and instituting a new legal code that still influences nations today. But before a lot of that was done, Justinian faced the wrath of his subjects, with their rage coming to a head at one of the unlikeliest of places - a chariot race. Videos: Yale Courses: The Reign of Justinian Articles and books: Nika Riots: A Week of Chaos that Shook Byzantine Con
Episode 269: The 1972 Black Hills flood (opens the original)
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We all know what a good strong summer thunderstorm looks like, and we know just how much rain one of them can douse us in. But on a warm Friday night in 1972, the eastern foothills of the Black Hills -- and in particular the town of Rapid City, South Dakota -- were struck by storms which broke dams, overflowed creek beds, and killed hundreds. Videos: Disasters of the Century: Rapid City Flood Photasma Travel: Rapid City Flood 1972 Dakota Life: Remembering the 1972 Rapid City Flood Surviving the
Episode 268: Pacific Southwest Flight 182 (opens the original)
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It was a beautiful Monday morning in San Diego on September 25, 1978 - sunny and hot with not a cloud in the sky. There was no reason whatsoever to think the day would be ruined by anything, but especially not by two planes colliding over a horrified suburb. Videos: Air Crash Investigation: Blind Spot Allec Joshua Ibay: Blind Spot - 1978 San Diego Mid-Air Collision Articles and books: NTSB report on the collision between Flight 182 and the Cessna San Diego Magazine: This is It! Memorializing the
Episode 267: The sinking of the Doña Paz (opens the original)
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When we think of deadly peacetime maritime disasters, Titanic is the first ship to come to mind. But there is a far deadlier disaster which holds the record for the worst in terms of loss of life ... when a loaded oil tanker and a packed ferry collided in the Philippines one moonless night just before Christmas in 1987. Videos: Asia's Titanic Articles and books: Doña Paz victims waiting for justice 25 years after Catbalogan folk cry foul over demolition of Doña Paz memorial The Philippines Off M
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