What a Disaster! Wait, What's A Disaster?

ANNETTE TELLS TALES Disaster History: Not So Much About Disasters As It Is About What Disaster Means To Us

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Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami, 1755 Image: Public Domain. {{PD-US}}

“Wish you were here!”

Okay, so this drawing probably wasn’t a postcard. But people couldn't get enough of the earthquake, fire, and tsunami that destroyed Lisbon, Portugal, in 1755.

When and how did we start caring about—or at…