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Piece Description
A century ago a magnitude 7.8 earthquake ripped along the San Andreas Fault, rocking Northern California and sparking fires that torched the city of San Francisco. It became an example of how American civilization could be totally devastated by a simple shudder from Mother Nature. Within the last five years, the U.S. has experienced catastrophic events that have tested our resolve, and our readiness, for the next big one. We have learned that the agencies responsible for protecting Americans in the event of an emergency are fallible. So when the next disaster strikes, the question is: Are we prepared? KALW News in San Francisco presents the radio documentary, "A Practical Guide to Disaster," hosted by Holly Kernan. This radio documentary begins with the six-minute stand-alone piece "The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire" which can be found at http://www.prx.org/pieces/10395.
Broadcast History
A slightly shorter version of this piece (edited for a pledge drive) aired on KALW, 91.7 FM in San Francisco on Sunday, April 2, 2006.
Transcript
Radio Documentary: A Practical Guide to Disaster
From KALW News in San Francisco
Producer Ben Trefny
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415-290-2421
http://kalwnews.org/disaster.html
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HOST 100 years ago a magnitude 7.8 earthquake ripped along the San Andreas Fault, rocking Northern California and sparking fires that torched the city of San Francisco. It became an example of how American civilization could be totally devastated by a simple shudder from Mother Nature.
Within the last five years, the U.S. has experienced catastrophic events that have tested our resolve, and our readiness, for the next big one. We have learned that the agencies responsible for protecting Americans in the event of an emergency are fallible. So when the next disaster strikes, the question is: Are we prepared?
From KALW News in San Francisco, this is...
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Timing and Cues
The credits for this piece are included in this file, but they can be cleanly edited off so a station or program can include its own credits. Please make sure to mention that "A Practical Guide to Disaster" is a production of KALW News in San Francisco.
Musical Works
From Bernstein Century: Bizet ? Sony Label catalog number 63081 ? New York Philharmonic ? Composer Georges Bizet ? Conductor Leonard Bernstein ? Audio CD October 28, 1997
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000029XF/qid=1144337446/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-3871709-5342312?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174
Carmen Suite No. 2 ? Habanera. Allegretto Quasi Allgretto
Carmen Suite No. 2 ? Chanson du Toreador. Allegro Moderato
Carmen Suite No. 1 ? Aragonaise. Allegro Vivo
From Enrico Caruso: Great Opera Arias ? RCA ASIN B0002JUWY8 ? Wiener Rundfunkorchester ? Composer Georges Bizet ? Conductor Gottfried Rabl ? Tenor Enrico Caruso ? Audio CD August 10, 2004
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002JUWY8/qid=1144338037/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-3871709-5342312?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174
Carmen ? La Fleur Que To M?Avais Jetee
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