ABSTRACT
Earthquakes, storms, or hurricanes do not discriminate between famous landmarks or bus shelters, centuries old masterpieces or commercial hoarding. They have no regard for history, family heirlooms, or national treasures. While the death toll and material loss caused by a disaster are immediately apparent, the long-term effect of losing the historical frame work of our lives and culture is perhaps the most difficult loss to come to terms with in the aftermath of a disaster. When disaster strikes the first priority is to survive, but having done so, the destruction of familiar landscape and landmarks put our predicament into perspective.
