Sepia Saturday

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This week Sepia Saturday has challenged bloggers to post based on the image of a post-earthquake tsunami. 

What I found in the Library of Congress are photos of destruction after an earthquake. They had nothing but a few recent undownloadable photos of the effects of a tsunami. 

American Colony . Photo Department, photographer. Earthquake Damage. , 1927. [July] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019700839/.


Genthe, Arnold, photographer. San Francisco earthquake. San Francisco California, 1906. [, Printed Later] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015650751/.


The principal square of Arequipa, after the earthquake. Arequipa Peru, 1868. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006676649/.

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Comments

  1. La NightingailAugust 28, 2021 at 10:06 AM

    When I see the damage and loss of life caused by earthquakes in places where there are no stringent laws for construction in earthquake-prone areas, I thank my lucky stars I live in a place where those laws are in place. Once in a while even those strict laws fail to save structures and lives, but even then the loss of life is far far less than those areas not protected by construction laws.

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  2. smkelly8August 29, 2021 at 10:09 AM

    Back when these earthquakes occurred, the building techniques weren't available to prevent damage.

    We are lucky to have a means to lessen or prevent damage and loss of life.

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  3. Mike BrubakerAugust 29, 2021 at 6:16 PM

    Before the invention of photography, the descriptions of great natural disasters left much to the imagination of the reader to fill in. When early photographers were able to document calamities like the San Francisco earthquake or the Chicago Fire, it was the first time that people far away could recognize the scale of destruction and immediately sympathize with the victims. Unfortunately in the our time, we are seeing the results of disasters so frequently and immediately now, that the impact has diminished, I think. Sometimes the news reports give only 10 seconds of blurry video before moving onto the next tragedy.

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  4. Molly's CanopyAugust 30, 2021 at 9:00 AM

    Wow, what a selection of photos. The San Francisco one is particularly incredible as it’s a close to live action as one could likely come in 1906 — with people in the streets and rubble in the background. Agree with Mike that such photos generated much sympathy — as well as international understanding and support when disaster struck.

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