- PBS: Savage Earth
PBS series dealing with earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other disasters.
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth
- DisasterHelp - Your Guide to Disaster Recovery Resources - FEMA
FEMA guide to registering for FEMA assistance. Learn if you are eligible, how the process works, and what your state is also doing about the situation.
www.disasterhelp.gov/start.shtm
- World Wide Help
Group blog using the web to point help in the direction where it's most needed. Started by the founders of the SEA EAT (South East Asian Earthquake And Tsunami) blog, wiki, and database to aid in other relief efforts.
worldwidehelp.blogspot.com
- Natural Hazards - Earth Observatory
Images of natural hazards observed by NASA satellites.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards
- Texas City Disaster@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Texas_City/Community
- DisasterHelp
Homepage of the Disaster Management e-Government Initiative of U.S. government. Offers help resources and information to reduce the loss of life and property from various hazards including natural disasters and acts of terror.
/www.disasterhelp.gov
- Disaster Research Center
Social science research devoted to the study of disasters. At The University of Delaware.
www.udel.edu/DRC
- Perfect Disaster
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Discovery Channel series about perfect disasters, storms that are larger, more dangerous, and more deadly than any before them. Episodes explore what would happen if amajor metropolis were hit with a super tornado, the effects of a solar storm, a typhoon, megaflood, fire storm, or ice storm.
dsc.discovery.com/convergence/perfectdisaster/perfectdisaster.html?dcitc=w9...
- USGS Natural Hazards Gateway
Designed to educate citizens, emergency managers, and lawmakers on seven natural hazards facing the U.S. -- earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanoes, and wildfires -- and show how USGS science helps mitigate disasters and build resilient communities.
www.usgs.gov/hazards
- Blackout History Project: 1977 Blackout
Collection of personal accounts, articles, and documents about the 1977 power outage in New York City.
blackout.gmu.edu/archive/a_1977.html
- Alert Earth!
Creating a grassroots alerting infrastructure for earthquakes, tsunamis, and other disasters by using the Internet, cell phones, and volunteers.
www.alertearth.org
- FEMA: Hazards
Find information about specific hazards and what to do to lessen the loss of life and property damage.
www.fema.gov/hazard
- BBC: Natural Disasters
Features information on earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes and hurricanes, floods and storms, droughts, and more.
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/naturaldisasters
- Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature
- Mega Disasters
History Channel series Mega Disasters combines science and history to recreate past disasters in modern times and locations. Weekly scenarios examine how vulnerable our complex society is to the power of Mother Nature.
www.historychannel.com/megadisasters
- NATURE: Can Animals Predict Disaster?
PBS show explores a variety of science-based explanations for unusual animal behavior observed prior to natural disasters.
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animalspredict/index.html
- Forces of Nature
In-depth feature from CBC News. Includes information on tornadoes, avalanches, earthquakes, and snow.
www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature
- HGTVPro.com: Disasters
See how disasters affect the building industry, and stay abreast of preparation and recovery news. HGTVPro offers articles and video segments about hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, mudslides, earthquakes, and floods for homeowners and members of the construction industry.
www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/nws_disasters
- National Science Foundation: Disasters
Special report from the NSF on understanding, preparing for, and responding to both man-made and natural disasters. Includes links to research, latest news, and teacher resources.
www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/disasters
- Projectarcix
Information portal on natural and synthetic disasters highlighting educator resources and terminology.
library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01412/#main_indexcontent_0_0
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