LEADER 03348nam 2200517 450 001 9910825683703321 005 20170822132414.0 010 $a1-4930-1319-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000443994 035 $a(EBL)2085834 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2085834 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000443994 100 $a20160821h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOregon disasters $etrue stories of tragedy and survival /$fRachel Dresbeck 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aGuilford, Connecticut :$cGlobe Pequot,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 225 1 $aDisasters Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4930-1318-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aAcknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE The Heppner Flood (1903); CHAPTER 2 DEAD MAN'S HOTEL The Wreck of the Mimi (1913); CHAPTER 3 PORT TOWN IN FLAMES The Astoria Fire (1922); CHAPTER 4 DANGEROUS SLOPES The Mazamas on Coe Glacier (1927); CHAPTER 5 "JUST ONE MORE LOG" The Tillamook Burn (1933); CHAPTER 6 HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW The Vanport Flood (1948); CHAPTER 7 ARCTIC ILLUSIONS Three Blizzards (1950); CHAPTER 8 IT LOOKED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD The Roseburg Blast (1959); CHAPTER 9 AN OCTOBER ODDITY The Columbus Day Storm (1962) 327 $aCHAPTER 10 A COASTAL CATASTROPHE Tsunami (1964)CHAPTER 11 A WET CHRISTMAS The Willamette River Flood (1964); CHAPTER 12 MAYDAY IN AUGUST The Brookings-Harbor Rescues (1972); CHAPTER 13 "WE'RE GOING DOWN" The Last Journey of Flight 173 (1978); CHAPTER 14 "THIS IS IT!" The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980); CHAPTER 15 TRAGEDY ON MOUNT HOOD The Oregon Episcopal School Climb (1986); CHAPTER 16 BURNING FIELDS Chain-Reaction Car Accident (1988); CHAPTER 17 A WET AND WILD WINTER Raging Waters (1995-1996); CHAPTER 18 COOS BAY CATASTROPHE The Wreck of the New Carissa (1999) 327 $aCHAPTER 19 BEWARE THE BERGSCHRUND Mount Hood Climbing Accident (2002)CHAPTER 20 WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES The Biscuit Fire (2002); CHAPTER 21 FATAL ERROR The Sinking of the Taki-Tooo (2003); Bibliography; About the Author 330 $aTrue accounts of major disasters in Oregon history are retold in this engagingly written collection. Among the true accounts dramatically retold are the deadly Mount Hood avalanche of 1927, the 1933 Tillamook forest fire (one of the worst in U.S. history), the devastating tsunami of 1964, and the 1903 flash flood in Heppner, which carried away a fourth of the town's inhabitants. Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived and the heroism of those who helped others, 410 0$aDisasters series. 606 $aNatural disasters$zOregon 606 $aDisasters$zOregon 607 $aOregon$2fast 615 0$aNatural disasters 615 0$aDisasters 676 $a979.5 700 $aDresbeck$b Rachel$01210899 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825683703321 996 $aOregon disasters$94058375 997 $aUNINA