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HTML <article&gt <header> <hgroup> <h1>How tech helped in the fight against the 1918 flu</h1> <h2><p>Radios, telephones and dishwashers influenced our response to the nation's last great epidemic.</p></h2> </hgroup> <p>By <a href="https://crosscut.com/author/knute-berger?r=repub" hreflang="und">Knute Berger</a> / <a href="https://crosscut.com/?r=repub">Crosscut.com</a></p> <p> <time datetime="2020-10-09T05:00:00-07:00">October 9, 2020</time> </p> </header> <div> <p>The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 disrupted life around the world. And while it generated fear as death rates soared, new technologies and applications played a role in helping people cope with the spread of the disease, including here on the West Coast and the Pacific Rim.</p> </div> <div><p>Wireless ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communications were already established, but they expanded rapidly during World War I. The Naval training station at the University of Washington trained cadets in many aspects of service — including a large class in radio communications. During wartime, the Navy…