Prompt #38 (Sep 17 - Sep 23): "Adversity"- Stanley Kallman Alvine
Last week I spoke of my Dad's cousin and his marine repair business in Alaska.
March 27,1964 the largest recorded earthquake in United States history struck Alaska. It was a 9.2 magnitude with powerful tremors that lasted for nearly 5 minutes. Aftershocks continued for three weeks. Massive landslides, spreading and swelling destroyed buildings, water mains, sewers, gas and electrical systems. Two Tectonic plates, the Pacific Plate and the North American plate, just under Alaska, rose over 27 feet. Massive tsunamis reached land just a few minutes after the earthquakes shaking and engulfed some areas that previously had been 170 feet above sea level. A day after, President Lyndon Johnson declared the entire state of Alaska a disaster area.
Stanley Kallman Alvine's Marine Repair Company? Sucked out to sea.
Prosperity to adversity in one year? Stanley was not dissuaded of his love of Alaska. He rebuilt and raised his family there. Stanley died at Kodiak Island, Alaska, February 28, 1979.
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