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Great Disasters by Henry Billings

 

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Fire, Fire, Fire!
The Great Chicago Fire
 October 8, 1871

  1. Chicago Fire from National Geographic

  2. Fire Administration Kid's Page

  3. Survive Alive-Fire Safety

  4. 1871: The Great Chicago Fire

  5. The Great Chicago Fire Exhibition
A City Under Snow
New York City
 "Blizzard of '88"
 March 11, 1888

  1. All About Snow- Gallery

  2. Big Snowstorms

  3. Blizzard 1888, Looking West down Main St.

  4. FEMA for Kids - Winter Storms

  5. The Great White Hurricane

  6. The Blizzard of 1888
Washed Away!
The South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  May 31, 1889

  1. A Roar like Thunder

  2. FEMA For Kids - Floods

  3. Flood Fact Sheet

  4. Johnstown Flood Gallery

  5. PBS "In Focus" Floods Page for Students

  6. The Fargo Flood
A City in Ruins
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
April 18, 1906

  1. Cool Earthquake Facts

  2. Earthquakes for Kids

  3. Elementary Earthquake Activities

  4. FEMA for Kids- Earthquakes

  5. Life Along the Faultline from The Exploratorium.

  6. San Francisco After the 1906 Earthquake Photos
Nightmare at Sea
The Titanic Hits An Iceberg
 April 14, 1912

  1. I Survived the Titanic!

  2. 12-Year Old Who Survived the Titanic

  3. Onboard the Titanic

  4. Solved: Mystery of the Titanic

  5. Titanic Facts and Figures

  6. Titanic - an Online Exhibit from Britannica

  7. Titanic Pictures Tour

Flames in the Sky
 The Airship Hindenburg Bursts  into Flames in the Sky
May 6, 1937


 

  1. The Hindenberg Disaster

  2. The Hindenburg Disaster
Tidal Wave
Island of Hawaii
April 1, 1946

  1. FEMA for Kids- Tsunami

  2. High Seas (Interactive)

  3. Let's Make Waves - Experiment

  4. Monster Waves - Construction Activity

  5. Tsunami

  6. 1946 Tsunami, Hawaii
A Mountain Erupts
Mount St. Helens, Vancouver, Washington
May 18, 1980

  1. FEMA for Kids- Volcanoes

  2. Mt. St. Helens

  3. Stomboli Online (Volcano Cams, Virtual Walks, Photos)

  4. Volcanoes Pose a Threat
A Cloud of Death
Chemical Leak
 December 3, 1984
 

  1. Bhopal Chemical Leak
Last Flight of the Challenger
January 28, 1986 

  1. The Challenger Explodes

  2. Challenger Crew and Bios
A Park in Flames
Yellowstone National Park
July 21, 1988

  1. FEMA - Wildfires

  2. Life After A Fire

  3. "Outfitting Wildland Firefighters" (Click on each piece of equipment to see its function.)

  4. Smokey the Bear Activities and Games

  5. US Wildfires 2003

  6. Wildfires in Yellowstone

  7. West is Burning

  8. Woods On Fire
Hurricane Warning
Hurricane Gilbert
 in La Carbonera, Mexico. 
September 16, 1988

  1. Ask A Hurricane Hunter

  2. Brain Pop's Hurricanes Video

  3. FEMA For KIDS- Hurricanes

  4. Hurricanes for Kids

  5. Inside Hurricanes Photo Gallery

  6. Kidstorm- Hurricanes
Additional Links

  1. Disaster Math Games Online

  2. FEMA Games Online

  3. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for Kids

  4. Kidd Safety Activities

  5. Natural Hazards from NASA

  6. Ohio EMA Site with Activities and Links

  7. The Living Almanac of Disasters

  8. The Loss of Shuttle Columbia

  9. Survival Strategies

  10. U.S. Disasters, 1650-2001

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