Judy's Entry: Friday, March 11, 2011
Starting with today's news. Woke up to all news stations talking about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Made some soup and lasagna to freeze for brother and family coming on Sunday and staying until Friday. The horrible flooding in this area seems insignificant when compared to Japan... but I still am upset by a damp basement.
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| Japan |
TODAY: An earthquake measuring 8.9 hit Japan. They are confirming 100s dead but no doubt the number will go into the thousands. It looks like a war zone (see picture above). The earthquake was bad enough but then there was a huge tsunami. A nuclear plant is in trouble and there are fires everywhere. The tsunami waves extended across the Pacific.
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| San Francisco |
IN RITA'S DAY: The biggest earthquake around Rita's time was, I guess, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The earthquake was bad, but the fires after lasted for four days. It was approximately a 7.8 earthquake.
In 1906
San Francisco was the ninth largest U.S. city with a population of 400,000, and over 225,000 were left homeless by the disaster. The death toll is uncertain. City officials estimated the casualties at 700 but more modern calculations say about 3,000 lost their lives. The lowballing city figures may have been a public relations ploy to downplay the disaster with an eye on rebuilding the city. On April 20, the U.S.S.
Chicago rescued 20,000 victims, one of the largest sea evacuations in history, rivaling
Dunkirk in
World War II. Martial law was not declared, but some 500 looters were shot by police and the military.
Rita's Entry: Saturday, March 11, 1911
Lecture at 9:30 Couldn't stay for recital tho we wanted to badly. Miss Wade played concerto with Mr. S. at piano. Fran went out to Evanston. I practiced. Read, etc.
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