Historic black and white and color images help chronicle the history of manyfamous disasters including train wrecks air crashes and ship collisions. Asection on... » 

Historic black and white and color images help chronicle the history of manyfamous disasters including train wrecks air crashes and ship collisions. Asection on how to make distress calls gives clues as to how a disaster mightunfold. Topics include causes and safety measures to help avoid disasters famous catastrophes such as the Hindenberg the Titanic the BermudaTriangle disappearances and Halifax explosion the aftermath of disaster and how recovery takes placeA timely new book on Hurricane Katrina has been added to this spectacularseries which puts young readers right in the center of disasters. Each bookexplains the science behind the forces in nature as well as manmade forcesthat create catastrophic events. Fascinating text and astonishing photographshighlight some of historys most devastating disasters the types of destruction these events cause and how they affect peopleslives the people who study forecast and observe them how to stay safe during a natural disaster and what goes into an emergencykit a simple activity or suggestion for observation «