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 | | The Cloud | | by moondust234, Sep 7, 2008 | | This is an unusual shaped hill overlooking the Cheshire plain. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | The 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood | | by balisunset, Aug 30, 2008 | | On February 26, 1972, the Buffalo Creek Flood, which has been called one of the worst manmade disasters in history, took the lives of 125 people. The flood occurred after a dam holding coal waste broke, taking down two addition dams, releasing 132 million gallons of coal slurry waste. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Bangladesh Cyclone of October 31, 1876 | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | A cyclone in the area we now know as Bangladesh destroyed the city of Chittagong. At least 200,000 people in Chittagong and its surrounding area died as a result of the cyclone. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 2 |
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 | | Earthquake in Owens Valley, California | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | The town of Lone Pine, California, was hit with an earthquake of magnitude 7.4. This earthquake destroyed a seventy-mile fault line and killed twenty-seven. Although one of the largest quakes in California’s history the death toll was small because there were few people living here in 1872. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | Chicago, Illinois: Fire | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | A bigger fire, compared with all the previous ones, broke out in the center of the city of Chicago. Inability of firemen to get to the fire quickly gave the flames a quick start from which, aided by a brisk wind, they were able to push the fire beyond the control of the fire department. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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