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Alaska Earthquake 1964 - Part 4: Counting the Cost in Darkness
The shaking ended, but the night had only begun. Across Anchorage and Alaska’s coast, people stepped out into a world they barely recognized. Streets were broken, water mains split, neighborhoods slumped where they once stood. The city’s ordinary systems – phones, radios, and roads – failed under the weight of the disaster.
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