Here's a community that faced the worst that man or nature could throw at it, but they were able to put their lives back to normal.
If you can see your community getting back to order in a reasonable period of time, it'll recover. If there's a kind of prolonged period where it's not clear if life's ever going to go back to normal, those communities don't do as well.
It's more than just a disaster. It was the biggest story of the late 19th century.
People knew it was a bad dam. People talked every spring that it was going to break. They just didn't know what the consequences would be.
There was just a relentless echo in the newspaper. This town was going to be rebuilt and be even better.
They began recovery literally the next day.
This was new and fresh and painful for people at that time. This affected Americans in a profound and personal way.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.