natural Disasters

natural Disasters

in the United states

Use the following websites, plus text and video references (*Hint- www.unitestreaming.com username & password both cse.s1) to find out information about the natural disaster you are researching. Most of these webpages contain a wealth of information, plus pictures, but ESPECIALLY links to other useful pages. Read carefully, and remember to SKIM FOR KEY WORDS to find answers to specific questions you are researching.

Links to disaster preparation in general: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/katrina.htm

Johnstown Flood- May 31, 1889

http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/weather-ed/weather-encyclopedia/flooding/historical-floods/johnstown-flood-of-1889/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9806/flood/

http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/history.html

http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/facts.html

http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/response.html

http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist19.html

http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist30.html

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/cambria/p/johnstown_flood.htm

Great San Francisco Fire & Earthquake – April 18, 1906

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/sfearthquake/p/sfquake.htm

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/photos.html

http://www.sfmuseum.net/1906/ew3.html

http://www.sfmuseum.net/1906/ew14.html

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/earthquakeandfire/exhibit/index.html

http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/wyoming/1119/

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm

http://www.sfmuseum.net/1906/ew8.html

Dust Bowl – Early 1930’s

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_04.html

http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html

http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/dustbowl.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/timeline/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX08.html

Hurricane Katrina – August 29, 2005

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1099489,00.html#

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/specials/articles/0,28285,1100485,00.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/hurricanekatrina/articles/index.asp?article=news&topic=0#090605

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/hurricanekatrina/articles/index.asp?article=news&topic=0

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/katrina.htm

Mt. St. Helen’s 1980 eruption

http://www.fema.gov/kids/volhelen.htm

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20041222/Feature1.asp

http://www.xomba.com/the_eruption_of_mount_st_helens_a_survivors_story

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0843058.html

Peshtigo Fire - 1871

http://www.peshtigofire.info/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/Fire.htm

http://www.boisestate.edu/history/ncasner/hy210/peshtigo.htm

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Great-Peshtigo-Fire