Sunday, January 27, 2008

10 Worst Disasters of the Last 101 Years

Popular Mechanics recently posted an article on the 10 Worst Disasters of the Last 101 Years
and while it was interesting read there are two issues I have. The 10 worst disasters all took place in America? Talk about a self-centered view of the world! Also, it just goes to show that there has been extreme weather throughout the last century - was it global warming then?

1906: San Francisco Earthquake Fire


1910: The Big Burn



1993: Storm of the Century


1980: Mount St. Helens Eruption


2005: Hurricane Katrina


1964: The Great Alaskan Earthquake

1910: The Big Burn


1925: Tri-State Tornado


1918: Spanish Flu Pandemic


1938: The New England Hurricane


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