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31 Cards in this Set
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Mount St. Helen volcano
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1980, 57 dead
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SLU
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Great Alaska Earthquake
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1964, Prince William Sound,
9.2 on the Richter Scale, 131 dead, Largest in U.S., Caused multiple tsunamis. |
Largest U.S.
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San Francisco Earthquake
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1906, 7.7 on the Richter Scale, 503 dead, followed by fire storm.
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Fire
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Hawaii Tsunami of 1946
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1946, Earthquake in Aleutians. 165 dead. Water 1/2 mile inland.
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Aleutians
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Charleston Earthquake
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1886, 102 buildings destroyed, 90% of the cite damaged
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Pre 1900
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Loma Prieta Earthquake
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1989, 6.9 on the Richter Scale, 62 dead, collapsed double-decker highway.
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1980's
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New Madrid Earthquakes
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1811-12, Mississippi Valley, 8.0 - 8.6 Richter Scale, Series of 3 quakes
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3 Quakes
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Johnstown Flood
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1889, Pennsylvania, Earthen dam allowed to decay.
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Pre-1900
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Midwest Floods of '93
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1993, 48 dead, $21 billion, heavy snowfall, wide-spread flooding along Missouri River.
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Missouri
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Big Thompson Canyon
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1976, Colorado, flash flood, 139 dead
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HS
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Northridge Earthquake
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1994, California, N of LA, 57 dead, $20 billion, effectiveness of new codes evident.
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1990's
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New York Ice Storm
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1998, NE US, 4 million without power in extreme cold.
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1990's
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Southeast Ice Storm
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1994, TN, MS, AL, NC, SC, VA, KY, Ice 6" in places, 100,000's without power.
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1990's
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1995 Heatwave
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1995, 1000 dead
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1000
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1988 Drought, Heatwave
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1988, 5-10,000 dead
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10,000
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1980 Heatwave
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1980, 1200 dead
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1200
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1901 Heatwave
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1901, Midwest, 9500 dead
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9500
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Berkeley-Oakland Hills Fire
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1991, 1500 acres, $2 billion, 25 dead, 3000 homes
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1990's
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Palm Sunday Tornadoes
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1994, 42 dead, 320 injured, $107 million, AL, GA, NC, SC.
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1990's
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1965 Tornadoes
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1965, IN, IL, OH, MI, WI, 271 dead
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1960's
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Great Tri-State Tornadoes
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1925, MI, IL, IN, 695 dead
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500+
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Hurricane Andrew
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1992, 61 dead in US, $26.5 billion, 175 mph winds, 49,000 homes. Crossed S FL then LA coast.
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1990's
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Hurricane Hugo
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1989, 400 dead in US and Caribbean, $7 billion
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1980's
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Hurricane Agnes
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1972, Cat. 1, 122 dead
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1970's
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Hurricane Camille
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1969, Cat. 5, 256 dead
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1960's
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Great Galveston Hurricane
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1900, 8000+ dead
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1900's
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Chilean Earthquake
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1960
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Kobe Japan Earthquake
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1995, $10's of billions, Liquifaction, warning devices destroyed.
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1990's
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Tangshan China Earthquake
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1976, 250,000 dead
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Very deadly
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Mexico City Earthquake
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1985, 4200 dead, 8.1 Richter Scale
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1980's
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Dust Bowl
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1930's, 50 million acres
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Depression
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