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Archives for October 2018

What Terror From the Deep Can Leave Behind (II) Night Bus to Mandalay – and to a Tsunami Story

Oct 17, 2018
There is hardly any place name, with the possible exception of ‘Shangri-La’, that is quite so evocative as ‘Mandalay’. Nearly all of its associations for the West are Kipling-esque ‘images of oriental kingdoms and tropical splendor’*. Dozens of book titles, songs and hotel names have ridden the crest of those images to fame and riches. […]

What Terror From the Deep Can Leave Behind (II) Night Bus to Mandalay – and to a Tsunami Story

October 17, 2018 2 Comments

There is hardly any place name, with the possible exception of ‘Shangri-La’, that is quite so evocative as ‘Mandalay’. Nearly all of its associations for the West are Kipling-esque ‘images of oriental kingdoms and tropical splendor’*. Dozens of book titles, songs and hotel names have ridden the crest of those images to fame and riches. […]

Written by Jonathan Larson

Tsunami: What Terror From the Deep Can Leave Behind. (I)

Oct 1, 2018
In these last hours, video has captured a tsunami rolling ashore in the town of Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ten-foot waves can be seen in the background sweeping structures, palm trees and debris before them. The death toll, sure to rise, stands at 830. The images recalled what the world observed in horror on December 26, […]

Tsunami: What Terror From the Deep Can Leave Behind. (I)

October 1, 2018 3 Comments

In these last hours, video has captured a tsunami rolling ashore in the town of Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ten-foot waves can be seen in the background sweeping structures, palm trees and debris before them. The death toll, sure to rise, stands at 830. The images recalled what the world observed in horror on December 26, […]

Written by Jonathan Larson

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