Okay, so the reading today was awe-inspiring. When I first heard about the "Great Alaska Earthquake", I knew it was bad, but I never really knew how extensive the damage was until I read the article. It does a great job of breaking every thing down and describing most of the things that actually happened. Until today, this event was just another part in Alaskan history. I never really thought about how this was a significant part of Kodiak's development. This may be a traumatic, life changing event, but without it Kodiak's economical development might have been prolonged for more than a decade. Now because of it, we are better at disaster preparedness, Kodiak grew (economically speaking), buildings have been built more structurally sound, and now we have something to help us prepare more for the future. In no way do I think that this event in Alaska's history  was a good thing, all I'm saying is that at least some good came from it. Also, it amazes me how fast we came together as a community and got our selves organized. I think it said in the reading that within a week we had about 80% of our electricity back. And with select citizens and national organizations, chaos and panic was controlled and relatively, not a very significant problem.