Showing posts with label Disasters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disasters. Show all posts

Monday, February 8, 2010

Miracle machine provides clean water in Haiti earthquake relief effort

The Emergency Water Station, developed by Aqua Sciences, has provided thousands of gallons of water for earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, since it arrived in the country on . . . more

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Horrific: Haiti earthquake photos (Boston.com)

Boston.com has an incredible gallery up of photos of the destruction of the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti including several of the international rescue teams responding to the crisis.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 34th anniversary

34 years ago today, on November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald - aka "Mighty Fritz," - foundered and sank during a storm on Lake Superior. Launched on June 8, 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was . . . more

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Seydi Burciaga 10th victim in GA, AL floods

Seydi Burciaga, a mother of two, drowned in her car after waters washed her minivan off the roadway and trapped her. She was on the phone with 911 dispatch, . . . more

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Ventura County fire northwest of LA: evacuations ordered

A Ventura County fire burned up some 200 acres earlier today. The brush fire is northwest of Los Angeles, California. Mandatory evacuations were ordered . . . more

Monday, September 21, 2009

Gwinnett county schools - flooding and death in Atlanta

In the metro Atlanta area of Georgia, more than a foot of rain overnight Sunday caused massive flooding and forced Gwinnett county schools to close . . . more