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Jefferson Junior
High School

1525 North Loomis Street
Naperville, Illinois 60563

Nancy Voise, Principal

Main Office: 630.420.6363
Fax: 630.420.6930
Health Office: 630.420.6358
Attendance: 630.420.4747

School Hours: 8 AM-2:50 PM

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Disasters Research Links

Please pay attention to headers. Many are hyperlinked to the FEMA site and provide great background information on the type of disaster.

FIRES	VOLCANOES	FLOODS	EARTHQUAKES
Great Chicago Fire 1871 The Chicago Fire The Great Fire and the Web of Memory from the Chicago Historical Society The History Files: The Great Fire from the CHS Encyclopedia of Chicago Online Triangle Shirt Factory Fire 3/25/1911 The Triangle Factory Fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Triangle Shirtwaist Factory File Memorial London fire 9/02/1666 BBC History of London Fire Learning Curve: London Fire WILDFIRES at Yellowstone 1988 Yellowstone Wildfire NPS: Wildland Fires in Yellowstone NPS: Summer of Fire (pdf) NPR: Remembering the 1988 Yellowstone Fires	Mt Saint Helens Many Faces of Mt. Saint Helens Mount St. Helens.com: History Index of Mt. St. Helen's sites Pompeii Pompeii - Harcourt The Eruption of Vesuvius The Destruction of Pompeii Krakatoa August 1883 Krakatoa Discovery Channel	Johnstown Flood 1889 A Roar Like Thunder National Park Service: Johnstown Flood Explore PA History: Johnstown Flood Johnstown Flood Museum Mississippi River Flood 1993 NOAA Flood Site Weather Channel USGS: 10 Years Later USGS: Effects on Wetlands NASA Earth Observatory National Geographic Scholastic article	World Series Earthquake (Loma Prieta) Where was that Earthquake Exploratorium: Loma Prieta Loma Prieta 20 Years Later 20 years later: CA Dept. of Conservation Facts and Statistics: Santa Cruz Public Library Remembering Loma Prieta: from the American Red Cross USGS: Damage Report Effects of the Quake Haiti Earthquake 2010 USAID: Haiti DEC: Haiti Earthquake Facts and Figures NYTimes World: Haiti NYTimes: Jan. 2010 Article IDB: Haiti Reconstruction Cost San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake USGS: Casualties & Damage National Archives
TSUNAMIS	NUCLEAR	AT SEA	HURRICANES
Tsunami Basics Earthquakes & Tsunamis Welcome to Tsunami December 2004 Asian Tsunami 2004: USGS Disaster in Asia Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Guardian Japan 2011 Tsuami Factfile: Infoplease	Chernobyl Atomic Meltdown 4/28/1986 Chernobyl: Myths & Reality Frontline: "A Matter of Risk" World Nuclear Association: Chernobyl Accident Japan 2011 2011 Crisis in Japan: Infoplease National Geographic News: How is the Japan Disaster different? * See 'Accident Cause' section	Titanic (sinking) The Sinking of the Titanic Discovery of Titanic Lusitania (sinking) 5/7/1915 The Sinking of Lusitania The Lusitania - May 1915	Hurricane Andrew 8/23/1992 Hurricane Andrew Effects of Hurricane Andrew Hurricanes Upclose Hurricane Katrina 2005 Katrina Timeline Slideshow of Katrina CNN Special: Katrina Galveston 1900 NOAA: Galveston Storm of 1900 NOAA 200 Years: Galveston Hurricane of 1900
ENVIRONMENTAL	OTHER	AVALANCHES	TORNADOES
Valdez Oil Spill Hard Aground: Wreck of the Exxon Valdez Legacy of a Spill Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council site BP Oil Spill NOAA: Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Response site Restore the Gulf	Hindenburg (explosion) May 1937 Eye Witness to History.com Fall of Hindenburg Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster Boston Great Molasses Flood 1/15/1919 The Molasses Disaster The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 Mass Moments: Great Molasses Flood Urban Legends: Molasses clocked at 35mph!	Avalanche Awareness Nova Online Avalanche Avalanche.org CBC: Avalanches National Geographic: Unleash an Avalanche How do Avalanches form?	Weather Wiz Kids: What is a Tornado? Plainfield Library Tornado History 1990 Will County Tornado Plainfield Resident account of tornado NYTimes: Joplin, MO Tornado article
	LANDSLIDES	SPACE
	Fact Sheets How Landslides Work	Challenger 1/28/1986 Space.com: What Went Wrong NASA Directory of Challenger/STS-51 Links Space Shuttle Challenger

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