What is the source for looking up natural disasters
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Hello!
Well, you have some options for looking up natural disasters. I would try NOAA
Tsunami
Volcano
http://www.usgs.gov/ (Satellite Data Yield New Understanding Of How Galápagos Volcanoes Are Formed And May Erupt In The Future!!)
http://www.iris.edu/hq/ (mostly Earth quakes) http://www.iris.edu/hq//programs/gsn
http://www.ivm-fund.org/ ..could this be along the lines of what is expected regarding “political/economic issues”…
Hurricanes
http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/casestudy/gtri-hurricane-imaging-radiometer-HIRAD-NASA (interesting article about technology used to monitor hurricanes)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/
Tornados
http://www.colostate.edu/features/programs-chill.aspx
CDC and FEMA seem to deal with preparedness or the aftermath
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/
I hope this is helpful.
Warmest regards,
Jess
Jesse Leraas, Ed.D, MLIS
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