Natural Disasters Pathfinder

Mt. St. Helens

 

This pathfinder contains links for the disasters your class will be researching. Should you choose to use other resources from the internet, please make certain they are reliable. All of these have been checked for reliability. Have fun learning about these guys....some were quite interesting!

 

Asian Tsunami December 2004
The Deadliest Tsunami in History?

After the Tsunami - Special Reports from CNN.com Collections of articles, pictures, maps, video clips, and other resources on the December 26th, 2004, Indian Ocean quake that triggered massive tsunamis. Each link contains more information.

Boston Molasses Disaster
CNN.com - Great molasses flood remembered

Stephen Puleo – Author of the Dark Tide

Chernobyl Disaster – 1986
Chernobyl

The United Nations and Chernobyl

Dust Bowl – 1930’s
1930's Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s – great site even has many interviews from those who survived it.  Be sure to click at the bottom to go to the next page.

Exxon Valdez Disaster
Exxon Valdez oil spill - Encyclopedia of Earth

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council - History

Great Chicago Fire
American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century | People & Events

American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century – interactive map shows timeline, history and eyewitness accounts.  Click on the map, but don’t forget to read the information about each of the numbered places on the map as well.

Hurricane Andrew, August 24, 1992
Hurricane Andrew – notice the other links to the left of the short article.

USATODAY.com – Notice all of the links at the bottom of the article to more information.

Hurricane Galveston, September 8, 1900
The 1900 Storm: Galveston, Texas

The Dallas Morning News: The Galveston Hurricane – movies, headlines

The Dallas Morning News: The Galveston Hurricane – Special Report, Be sure to use the navigation at the bottom of the page to find more information.

Hurricane Katrina, August 29, 2005
NOLA.com: Hurricane Katrina Archive

Think Progress » KATRINA TIMELINE

Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889
May 31, 1889 Johnstown Flood by The New York Times

"Telling the Story" Student Resource page - Johnstown Flood Museum – Lots of information from background to survivor stories here.

Midwest Floods, 1993
Looking Back: The Great Midwest Floods of 1993

Streams & Floods - Mississippi River flood, 1993

Milwaukee Explosion, December 2006
JS Online: A hint of trouble, then tragedy

3 People Who Died In Falk Explosion Identified - Milwaukee News Story - WISN Milwaukee – Notice all the links to the right about the story.

Okeechobee Hurricane, September 9-16, 1928
Florida's Hurricane History: September 1928

Okeechobee Hurricane Memorial Page

Peshtigo Fire, October 8, 1871
The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 – Be sure to look at all of the links on the menus

History of the Peshtigo fire, October 8, 1871 – Source Document, Peshtigo Times, 1921 background about the fire.

Plains Tornadoes, May 1999
1999 Oklahoma Tornado Information

May 3-6, 1999 tornadoes – Follow the numerous links at the bottom and on the right for more information.

Mount St. Helens Explosion 1980
Mount St. Helens Eruption - 1980 - History - Interviews - Aftermath - Top Disasters - Popular Mechanics – Three pages continues at the bottom.

Mt St Helens - 25 Years Later – Each small item represents an article.

Pompeii
Interactive Dig Pompeii - History

BBC - History - Pompeii: Portents of Disaster – Be sure to follow the links on the left of the article to more information.

San Francisco Earthquake 1989
Earthquake - TIME – This article is multi-page. Please navigate to next page at the bottom.

Lessons from the San Francisco Earthquake - TIME  - This article is multi-page. Please navigate to next page at the bottom.

San Francisco Fire and Earthquake 1906
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake – be sure to look at all of the links to the left for more information.
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco - 1906 Earthquake and Fire

Titanic Disaster
WebTitanic | Titanic Story | Titanic Disaster – Notice the links on the “times” as well as the links on the upper left.

Titanic History – Notice the links for popular searches at the bottom as well as the “timeline” on the tabbed menu at the top. Newspaper articles take a bit to print but WORTH IT!

Tri-State Tornado, March 18, 2925
Tri-State Tornado - Missouri, Illinois, Indiana - March 1925 - History - Aftermath - Popular Mechanics

NOAA News Online (Story 393) Tri-State Tornado