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Phocea Yacht Fire: Seven Crew Rescued From The Vessel
The 246-foot sailing boat Enigma and Phocea caught fire off the coast of Langkawi, Malaysia, on February 18, 2021. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) rescued seven crew members who were believed to be safe and unharmed when the 530 GT yacht was at anchor...
The Worst Maritime Disaster In American History: The Wreck of the Steamboat Sultana
The Sultana was 260 feet long and 42 feet wide, with a capacity of 375 passengers and crew. It already had about 180 private passengers and crew on board, but by the time more than 2,000 paroled prisoners, their Union Army guards, a few Confederate soldiers returning...
What is a Matterport Camera?
What exactly is Matterport technology? Matterport is a three-dimensional camera system that generates realistic, completely immersive virtual environments. Viewers may explore the place from different perspectives and gain a sense of the space without having to go. A...
What is the RV Insurance Claims Process?
You may need to make an RV insurance claim for a variety of reasons, including a slippery highway overturn, theft, vandalism, storm damage, or an accident with another vehicle. Your insurance will pay for damage or loss up to the limits of your RV insurance policy. If...
The G.P. Griffith: The Great Lakes Second Worst Passenger Steamer Disaster
The Great Lakes have produced some of the most severe storms and waves on the earth’s surface. In this unpredictable environment was the burgeoning Great Lakes shipping industry. Since the earliest times, the toll on lives and vessels traversing the Great Lakes has...
Ohio’s Worst Natural Disaster: The Great Dayton Flood of 1913
The first storm in a system that caused the Great Dayton Flood began on Good Friday, 1913, with the heavy rains starting on Easter Sunday, March 23. By the morning of March 25, the countless rivers and streams in this area started rising, eventually killing nearly...
The Great Hinckley Fire Of 1894 Is One Of Minnesota’s Worst Natural Disasters
On September 1, 1894, a wildfire destroyed Hinckley and many neighboring villages, causing one of Minnesota's biggest natural catastrophes. The official death toll from the Great Hinckley Fire is 418, with many victims buried in mass graves beneath the monument. It is...
The 1928 St. Francis Dam Accident Caused Hundreds of Deaths and Millions in Damages
Located approximately forty miles northwest of Los Angeles, California, St. Francis Dam was a curved concrete gravity dam constructed between 1924 and 1926 to provide a storage reservoir for the Los Angeles Aqueduct system. It was only the second concrete dam of nine...
Hurricane Ike Insurance Claims Totaled Nearly $12B in Texas
Hurricane Ike, which struck Galveston on Sept. 13, 2008, has proved to be the most expensive weather catastrophe in Texas history by a large margin. The storm totaled nearly $12 billion in wind and flood insurance claims in the state. Total wind damage claims in Texas...
One of Pennsylvania’s Most Devastating Tragedies: The Great Johnstown Flood of 1889
One of the most devastating tragedies ever to afflict Pennsylvania was the "Great Johnstown Flood" on May 31, 1889. The amount of property destroyed and the number of lives lost was unprecedented. Pennsylvania is especially susceptible to floods. The state is on...