http://www.epicdisasters.com/ Epic Disasters: The World's Worst Disasters en editor@bogeymedia.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-08T21:48:00-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/read_about_the_worlds_worst_disasters/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/read_about_the_worlds_worst_disasters/#When:03:49:01Z The Worst Hurricanes Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes In US History Top Ten Most Costly Hurricanes In US History Top Ten Strongest Hurricanes In US History Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes Worldwide Random Hurricane Facts The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale The Worst Earthquakes In History The World’s Deadliest Earthquakes The Worst US Earthquakes The World’s Strongest Earthquakes By Magnitude Earthquake Facts The Richter Earthquake Scale The Worst Floods The World’s Deadliest Floods The Deadliest US Floods The Worst Volcanic Eruptions The World’s Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions The Worst US Volcanic Eruptions The Worst Tornadoes The Top Ten Deadliest US Tornadoes The Worst Outbreaks of Epidemic Disease The Top Ten Outbreaks, Epidemic and Pandemic Diseases The Worst Mining Disasters The Top Ten Worldwide Mining Disasters The Top Ten US Mining Disasters The Worst Wildfires The Top Ten US Wildfires By Acreage The Top Ten Deadliest US Wildfires The Worst US Winter Storms and Blizzards The Top 10 US Winter Storms and Blizzards Man Made Disasters The World’s Worst Oil Spills The World’s Worst Airline Disasters The Worst Bus Disasters The Worst School Massacres, Shootings and Killings The Worst Spree Killers In Modern World History The Worst Spree Killers In Modern US History Extreme Weather Coldest and Warmest Days In the United States Has There Been An Increase In The Number of Disasters? 2008-01-10T03:49:01-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/tornado_destruction_caught_on_video/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/tornado_destruction_caught_on_video/#When:21:48:00Z Tornadoes 2010-08-08T21:48:00-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worlds_worst_oil_spills/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worlds_worst_oil_spills/#When:15:21:01Z The Ten Worst Oil Spills In History. Update: New estimates place the Deepwater Horizon spill at 84 million gallons—enough to catapult it into 2nd place overall. Man Made Disasters 2010-06-12T15:21:01-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worlds_worst_airline_disasters/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worlds_worst_airline_disasters/#When:22:20:01Z While airline disasters are spectacular and often cause tragically large losses of life, it’s worth noting that airline travel remains among the safest modes of travel. In a statistical sense, airplanes are far safer than cars. Each day, three million people fly; In 2000, commercial airliners carried 1.09 billion people on 18 million flights, while suffering only 20 fatal accidents. On the other hand, automobile accidents kill more than 40,000 each year in the United States alone. Man Made Disasters 2010-05-12T22:20:01-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/tsunami_travel_times_from_chile/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/tsunami_travel_times_from_chile/#When:18:40:01Z A map of the expected travel times for a large earthquake occurring in Chile. The Feb. 27, 2010 earthquake in Chile has created worries about tsunamis across the Pacific. Here are the travel times for those fast moving bodies of water. Click on the map for a larger view. Earthquakes 2010-02-27T18:40:01-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/word_earthquakes_worldwide_by_magnitude/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/word_earthquakes_worldwide_by_magnitude/#When:16:01:00Z Largest Earthquakes Worldwide In Terms of Magnitude (updated for Feb. 2010 Chile Earthquake) Earthquakes 2010-02-27T16:01:00-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/newsreel_footage_of_the_knickerbocker_storm_of_1922/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/newsreel_footage_of_the_knickerbocker_storm_of_1922/#When:20:44:00Z Watch newsreel footage of the Knickerbocker Blizzard of 1922, which dropped three feet of snow on Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. It was named after the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater in Washington, D.C., which killed 98 and injured 133. Video after the break: Winter Storms 2010-02-06T20:44:00-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worst_us_winter_storms/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worst_us_winter_storms/#When:20:24:00Z The Worst US Winter Storms UPDATE: In snowfall, the Blizzard of 2010 now rivals the Knickerbocker Storm of 1922 for its impact on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Read on for more: Winter Storms 2010-02-06T20:24:00-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worlds_deadliest_earthquakes/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/the_worlds_deadliest_earthquakes/#When:00:27:00Z The World’s Worst Earthquakes As measured by the death toll. Earthquakes 2010-01-31T00:27:00-05:00 http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/worst_us_spree_killings/ http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/worst_us_spree_killings/#When:18:20:00Z The FBI classifies a “spree killer” as having committed two or more murders without a cooling off period. This distinguishes spree killers from serial killers. Here is a list of the worst spree killers in modern history from the United States Man Made Disasters 2009-11-06T18:20:00-05:00