EXCITING SCIENCE of NATURAL DISASTERSExciting Science of Thunderstorms,Tornadoes,Hurricanes, Volcanoes,Earthquakes,Tsunamis,Geology,Seismology,Plate Tectonics and Astronomy.
The first three pictures are on current exciting science and disastersOn January 12, 2010 Haiti
Earthquake magnitude 7.0 Near Port-Au-Prince.
This was a catastrophic shallow earthquake which occurred near the capital city Port-Au-Prince. The destruction was widespread, causing many deaths, probably more than 100,000. The international community is rushing aid to the stricken island. This was the biggest earthquake disaster to hit Haiti in over 150 years.
Note: The death toll has reached 220,000 as of 19 February and is even now expected to increase! 
NASA Earth Observatory
image by Jesse Allen. Space Shuttle image from Jan 13, 2010.
The red lines show faults and the circles indicate magnitude; there were many significant aftershocks and more are expected.
Haiti Seismic Activity 1990 to Present
The green lines show the transform faults and the circles show
volcanoes. Subduction zones are shown in purple
Storms
in California. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption byMichon Scott based on image interpretation by Walt Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center.
A series of strong storms pounded California on January 20, 2010. Fierce winds and heavy rains downed power lines and flooded streets as the National Weather Service warned residents to brace for as much as 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain in five days.
The following pictures are on historically exciting science:The United States is the most severe weather-prone country on Earth. There are, on average in a year, 10,000 thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and 1,000 tornadoes. Major hurricanes are extremely dangerous and deadly. As if this were not enough, we have severe winter storms, and terribly hot summers.
This image of multiple cloud-to-ground lightning strokes was taken during a night time thunderstorm in Norman, Oklahoma in March 1978. Courtesy of NOAA Photo
Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms
Laboratory (NSSL)
 A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm down to the ground.
Picture from Wikipedia
Infrared image of Hurricane Andrew 0900 UTC Aug 24,1992 Credit NHC NOAA
Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, was exciting science and a killer with 1,836 estimated dead and damage of about 100 billion dollars.
At 7:10 a.m. EDT on August 29, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in
southern Plaquemines Parish Louisiana, just south of Buras, as a
Category 3 hurricane. Maximum winds were estimated near 125 mph to the
east of the center.This is reaaly exciting science. This image was taken by NOAA’s Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES.
There are many active volcanoes in the world, but none as dangerous as was Mount St. Helens in Washington State. This is exciting science.
Active volcano Mount St. Helens shortly after the eruption of 18 May 1980. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, at 08:32 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Picture from Wikipedia
The great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire was exciting science and destroyed most of the city and left 250,00 people homeless. This photograph by Arnold Genthe shows Sacramento Street and approaching fire. (from Steinbrugge Collection of the UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Research Center)
Some 10,000 people die in earthquakes annually.
A tsunami,extremely exciting science, is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet, onto land.
From Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. 1: Ryuku Islands Japan 2: Banda Sea 3: Hawaii  Geology is the science which explains earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and tectonic plates; also rocks, minerals and dating of deposits. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. September 29, 1976. Figure 69-B, U.S. Geological Survey.  Here is a unique and interesting site about evolution; give it a try! Go To Evolution Here is another unique and interesting site; this one is about learning with Legos. Go To lego-mindstormThis picture shows a small portion of the large image “
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