Disasters
This German floating ship came to a fiery demise in 1937
Hindenburg
Campo de Cahuenga, this type of structure, was built in 1795 and is famous for the site of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
JAL
Japan
Pacific Northwest: SRRENIMA
Mariners
This technology is being used in the production of everything from lower-cost car parts to bridges and is even considered for artificial organs
3D printing
This Soviet nuclear plant had a complete meltdown in 1986
Chernobyl
A 1972 earthquake that caused $505–553 million in damage was centered in this northeast valley community
Sylmar
Lufthansa
Germany
Midwest: HOWTESXI
White Sox
E-Readers, including this one produced by Amazon, became all the rage in the early 21st century
Kindle
In 2004, waves traveled across the Indian Ocean at 500 mph, the speed of a jet plane, to pummel Asian coasts in this natural disaster event
tsunami
A dam built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1940 in present day Lakeview Terrace was named after this rancher
Homer Hansen
Frontier
United States of America
Southeast: SLIMRAN
Marlins
Without improvement in this lithium ion based technology, electric vehicles like the Tesla would no be possible
Battery
This ocean liner sank in the cold Atlantic in 1912, taking down approximately 1500 souls with it
The Titanic
The Los Angeles river begins at the confluence of the Calabasas Creek and Bell Creek in this SFV neighborhood
Canoga Park
Qantas
Australia
Southwest: DAMASKCOBDIN
Mulit-use rockets, like the ones used by this Elon Musk company, are a more efficient and cheaper alternative to the method of using rockets once and letting them fall into the ocean
Space X
This 2020 disaster, known as August Complex, was the largest of these in California history
wildfire
This SFV neighborhood, alphabetically last, straddles the southwest portion of the valley and is known for its record breaking heat statistics
Woodland Hills
Ryanair
United Kingdom
South: SNAGERR
Rangers
Tokenization involves a chip embedded in one of these used to make a payment by tapping or inserting rather than swiping