Disasters

Disasters

1. Disaster #2 Hurricane Katrina

   • A disaster is "a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life." Hurricane Katrina was a disaster because it caused great damage and was deadly and destructive.
   • August 29, 2005. "When the storm made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale–it brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour–and stretched some 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic." says http://www.history.com/.

2. Disaster #4 The Titanic

   • April 15, 1912. The Titanic Sank for many reasons, the iceberg, lack of binoculars so no one knew what was in front of them, rude comments made so no other ship would come and save them, the Titanic sank for many reasons.
   • A disaster is "a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life." The Titanic was considered a disaster because it was a catastrophic incident that killed 3/4 (1,500 people) of the passengers. It also left destruction in the middle of the sea where the Titanic still is.

3. Disaster #1 The Tsunami in Indonesia

   • 26 December 2004. What happened was a tectonics plate began to shift and cause an earthquake. This earthquake measured a 9.2. The earthquake then caused a Tsunami that damaged 12 different countries.
   • A disaster is "a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life." This is considered a disaster because it caused great damage to several areas, caused many deaths, and is also one of the worst tsunamis ever occuring.

4. Disaster #3 Nuclear War

   • August 4, 2026. A nuclear bomb exploded and wiped out a whole civilization. All that was left in a town was one house barely standing. All livings things died immediately or later died of lack of food and water and radioactive poison.
   • A disaster is "a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life." The Nuclear War in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" was classified as a disaster because it was destructive, it destroyed homes, buildings, everything, and it was deadly, it wiped out all humanity.