Michael's Updates en-US Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:33:19 -0700 60 Michael's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Friend1402273028 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:33:19 -0700 <![CDATA[<Friend user_id=13181751 friend_user_id=180698015 top_friend=false>]]> ReadStatus7823109852 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:29:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Michael started reading 'Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition']]> /review/show/1489612674 Trial by Ice by Richard Parry Michael started reading Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition by Richard Parry
]]> Review3186815348 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:21:54 -0800 <![CDATA[Michael added 'The Texas City Disaster, 1947']]> /review/show/3186815348 The Texas City Disaster, 1947 by Hugh W. Stephens Michael gave 4 stars to The Texas City Disaster, 1947 (Paperback) by Hugh W. Stephens
bookshelves: non-fiction, replaced, fires-explosions
When a seismograph in Denver picks up a explosion on the southern coast of Texas, you know someone screwed up. Or someones. A lot of someones. This book stirred up memories of the Halifax disaster. Different substance, pretty much same result. The book is a greatly covered account. The writing style is different as far as layout. Kinda reminded me of book reports in school where you break it down into sections. But it is easy to read and follow. The second chapter will give you a run down of the substances involved and their composition and hazards, as well as a general run down of the industrial use and it safety preparations(or lack there of). It's actually pretty interesting and helps you to understand how the explosion came to be. After that, strictly business about the disaster. Appropriately titled book....this was a major disaster. Not super detailed but more than enough to give you a clear picture of what went down. I just hope that if I'm ever involved in one of these events, that I'm the guy that lands a mile away with minor damage. Not the one that is never seen again because, well......there is nothing left to see. ]]> Rating640701106 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:42:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Michael liked a readstatus]]> /
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