A Gilded Age Apocalypse

<p>May 31, 1889. It’s raining in Johnstown, PA, causing some small flooding. But the townsfolk were used to it – this city of 30,000 was nestled in a valley between two rivers. What happened next was something every person in Johnstown feared, but hoped would never come true. The old dam at the millionaires’ resort, high up in the mountains, had failed... and unimaginable destruction was on its way. </p><p>Special thanks to Neil M. Coleman, author of <em>Johnstown’s Flood of 1889: Power Over Truth and The Science Behind the Disaster </em>(<a href="https://amzn.to/2LY8B4N" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2LY8B4N</a>) </p><p>--- </p><p>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k_-_Humoresque_Op._101_No._7.ogg#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antonín Dvořák - Humoresque Op. 101 No. 7</a>" arranged for piano and viola by Elias Goldstein is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 2.0</a> (<a href="https://bit.ly/36qEMmK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/36qEMmK</a>) </p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>