Earthquakes can have a lasting effect on health and finance. The earthquake that struck Haiti is no exception. In a dire time of need, several nations were willing to help the poor nation, sending res…
Disasters
Learning from past mistakes from a scientific viewpoint is crucial to better understand our world. This idea is especially true when learning from the Mount. St. Helens catastrophe in 1980. It is seen…
The great storm of Galveston was a horrible loss for lots of people. Although their triumph was huge I believe it was a tragedy. Some might say it was a triumph because of the huge developments but I …
Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst disasters to hit the American south, causing over 100 billion dollars in damages, leaving 1,800 people dead and around 800,000 people homeless. However, in this …
Have you ever been to Seattle? Well did you know it was once on fire that was started by glue? How did the Seattle fire happen? The Great Seattle Fire was more devastating than it needed to be because…
The Dust Bowl was a very negative event that brought much despair to the U.S. The damage and the cost to fix it was a negative thing that happened especially during WWII. The dust bowl and drought cau…
Disasters, whether manmade or natural, have a substantial impact on the social, political, and economical climate of a region. In between the years of 1900 and 1947, three major disasters struck the S…
