#Lisbon Earthquake

[lindahall]

Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 – Scientist of the Day

The great Lisbon Earthquake struck Portugal, north Africa, and the eastern Atlantic seabed on Nov. 1, 1755, with Lisbon experiencing the most extensive destruction and loss of life. 

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[rabbitcruiser]

The 6.4–7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake killed about thirty thousand people on January 26, 1531.

[josephkravis]

XXX3 November 1

xxx3 November 1 November is a month of transformation and reflection, where the world around us undergoes significant change as we prepare for the winter months ahead. The days grow shorter, the air becomes crisp, and the trees shed their leaves, reminding us of the beauty of impermanence and the value of staying grounded in the present moment. In November, we gather together with family and…

[athelind]

I feel like the Lisbon Earthquake should be taught more widely. It kneecapped the Portuguese empire and its colonial ambitions, it was so horrifying that it created a rift in Christian theology, it started seismology as a serious study in Europe, it razed an entire capital city to the ground killing 1/5 of its population.

It was a combination earthquake-tsunami-fire that took place on a major holiday. Cmon we should talk about this more it’s fucking wild

[setaflow]

People in the comments of the Assassin's Creed: Shadows trailer becoming armchair historians trying to explain why Yasuke shouldn't be a protagonist actually are hilarious. Like besties this is a franchise where people can control eagles with their minds and a good 5% of the population are descended from evil psychic aliens. I THINK we can expand on a story of Japan's only-recorded African koshō without it jumping the shark.

[momo-de-avis]

Guess who is going to the Quake Museum tomorrow FOR FREE

[chaotic-history]

Anyway while I was writing the last post and the 'theres no point trying to reason why bad things happen because there is no reason' it made me think of Wootton's article and how he said V got better after writing Candide because it was his way of getting out emotions that he couldn't express otherwise and. fuck.

[anneowl2803]

The 1755 earthquake

Actually girlhood is being obsessed with a specific historical tragedy when you were like 9

[trentxaa]

finally something to lower rent prices in lisbon (earthquake)

[liberty1776]

The earthquake that changed history – BBC REEL

[vampiredesmond]

when your card declines at therapy so they bring out the 1755 lisbon earthquake incident

[rabbitcruiser]

The 1761 Lisbon earthquake stroke off the Iberian Peninsula with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 on March 31, 1761.

[ishanijasmin]

alive alive

contemplating the living forces of nature, thinking about life beyond biology (the layperson's perspective)

i have been thinking a lot about how the earth is alive. maybe even how the world is alive. like, alive alive. the all-singing, all-dancing, moving, caressing, feeling, vibing atmosphere that we have all found ourselves in. the twinkle of the stars, the erosion of a cliff face, the coming and going of the seasons, the whip of the wind, the rise and fall of the sea, the trickle of a stream. so much of the earth is not what we regard as being alive, and i find it fundamentally unusual that we reserve the idea of life for things that manifest in a specific way. i’m not a biologist, and the science of the universe baffles me. but i don’t know how to stand at the edge of an ocean, my feet slowly being consumed by the waves, wet silt building slowly around my ankles to stabilise me, without thinking, ‘what is this, if not alive?’ what does the ocean do if not soothe? what do the cliffs do if not hold?

last week i took a boat trip to berlenga island, just off the coast of lisbon. i am always humbled by the ocean—by its vastness, and as someone for whom the titanic is always in mind, by its mercy. on the journey back to the hotel, i sat on the floating front of the prow of our little boat for a while and let my legs dangle, watching the waves, and it was as close as you can probably be to riding the sea.

as i got progressively more queasy, i followed the patterns for a long time, and i couldn’t really figure out which direction anything moved in, including myself. lost at sea, immeasurably. so later, i looked it up. did you know waves move in circles? you probably did. i didn’t. i have absolutely no idea how these natural processes work. if i were in an ancient civilisation, i would get hit by wind exactly one time before being like, ‘wow, this is witchcraft, i’m doomed.’ wind: caused by the varying pressures in the atmosphere? hot air rises and cold air rushes in? a mystery! feels plenty alive to me! why does it hit my face the way it does—why some days the gentle stroke of a breeze on my sweaty back in the summer, and others a force big enough to move oceans? why at the same time? lisbon is a particularly significant place to be thinking about this: a city plighted by earthquake, great fire, and tsunami in a matter of hours, and left to rebuild from the wreckage.

i’ve had this in over my head experience with windsurfing and paragliding, as well. the wind, never tamed, but understood by people who’ve been observing it for a lifetime and who still prefer to use modern technology to double check their voyages are safe. a respect and a fear instilled by regarding these changes around us as almost alive. almost.

it’s not that i don’t trust scientists when they explain simple geological concepts to me—i suppose it’s like intellectually knowing something rather than intrinsically knowing it deep, deep in your bones. how can you demystify that? how can the winds—the oceans, the lakes, the tectonic plates, the rock formations and volcanoes—how can they not be alive? they are growing, shrinking, subsisting and existing like all of us, not just to hold life as an ecosystem, but as motion in themselves—erosion, weathering, death and becoming.

i have been reading braiding sweetgrass of late, which is where a good deal of thinking about this comes from. in the book (at least the half of it i’ve read so far), kimmerer talks a lot about the reciprocity between people and land, and the idea that we are all alive and that the earth, the sky, the land and its processes are not a dead ‘it’ while we are an alive ‘they’. the earth is being all the time and so am i and so are we all, and it’s kind of hard to think about and also to not think about.

where am i with all this? breathing through the crushing feeling in my chest that has kept me company every day since i can remember; thinking about doing laundry, about growing a flower trail up the side of my apartment that the kids next door won’t prick themselves on, on getting rid of the fungus gnats that are plaguing a couple of my plants, about my husband who has a headache and is squinting, about recharging. the ecology and community of self is as alive as anything else. dwelling on the world and where we all fit into it and how to preserve ourselves and each other—the human each other, the animal each other, the plant each other, the tectonic plate rock formation beach gravestone church road brick wall limestone cliff fossilised shell firewood smelted and mined ring earthquake each other.

[momo-de-avis]

Bro we had an earthquake today and the news are all coming out with REMEMBER WHEN LISBON WAS FUCKING DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE? jesus

[chaotic-history]

I will die on this hill

[rogaire]

Character headcanon generator — 10 headcanons, true or false.

Shay is oblivous to any and all romantic interest someone may show them. — TRUE

HAHA, true. It's funny because he is usually straightforward about his feelings, so you would expect him to get hints. But, spoiler alert, he doesn't. You must say it to his face or just grab and kiss him for him to finally get it. 😭

Shay has a pet cat. — TRUE

He used to. It was part of the Morrigan’s crew for a while before he gave it away to a family during one of his trips because owning a kitty while sailing in the extremely cold temperatures of the North Atlantic wasn’t good for a kitty.

It would not take much for Shay to turn evil. — FALSE

I don’t think he can be evil at all. He did show signs of corruption as he got older, but this doesn’t mean he does't have a heart anymore. He is still Shay, though less driven by his emotions, unlike his younger self.

Shay is awful with kids. — FALSE

He is one big baby himself, so this means that he can and WILL play with children if ever asked. *Cue Shay sitting in a child chair drinking “tea” because he’s been politely asked by a child to join*

Shay has chronic nightmares — TRUE

He often has vivid nightmares of his time during the Lisbon earthquake. He struggles with sleep because of that.

Shay doesn't own a single pair of matching socks. — TRUE

Unfortuntely he is quite an expert in losing socks. He even came to think that someone sneaks into his cabin to steal them on purpose. Yep, he even thought of the Assassins asjhb What little remains is overused to the point that Cassidy constantly has to stitch them. But it is more than likely that he will wear unmatching socks under his boots. LUCKILY he wears boots-

If someone they knew commited a crime, Shay would cover for them. — TRUE

Absolutely. It depends by how close Shay is to this person, but he would also try to take the blame for it.

Shay is an introvert — FALSE

He’s always been more of an extrovert, especially during his youth. However, once he got older and joined the Templars ranks he became more of an Ambivert.

Shay is a horrible liar — TRUE-ish

It depends on what he must lie for. If it is for a “Templar purpose” then he is a pretty good liar, but if it is for something else then he's not because he feels guilty very easily. 😭

Shay is going to hell — TRUE? But-

I had to

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