Hazardous Pictures


Texas wildfires smoke plumes
Image source:http://summitcountyvoice.com/2011/04/22/texas-wildfires-weather-brings-some-relief/

Pagami Creek Fire

Fires in the BWCA in MN
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/13/aerial-photos-of-the-fire-in-bwca/#.TnEu3_YVhGg.twitter

Fire in the Border Waters Cannoeing Area

Another aerial image of the BWCA on fire
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/13/aerial-photos-of-the-fire-in-bwca/#.TnEu3_YVhGg.twitter


Intense lightning shot
http://brainjabber.wikispaces.com/Katelin+Lee



Mt. Washington (worst weather in the world) in wintertime
http://www.adventure-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mtwashington_470.jpg



Cleveland volcano erupting in the Aleutian Islands, AK
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_756.html

Typhoon Roke captured by MODIS on Sept. 20 at 04:45 UTC (12:20 a.m. EDT).
Typhoon Roka in the Pacific Ocean nearing Japan.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2011/h2011_Roke.html




Map of United States showing the extent of ashfall from a Yellowstone supervolcanic eruption.
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Caldera-Ashfall.jpg



Earthquake hazard map of the US
http://www.gis.com/sites/default/files/images/earthquake_map_lg.jpg

Fukushima power plant explosion after tsunami

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/images/2011/Mar/Fukushima-Nuclear-Power-Plant-Explosion.jpg


Wettest place on the planet:  Mt. Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

  ****Below is a map I created in ArcMap of the Pacific Ring of Fire boundary****

The map above shows the mass wastage prone areas of the east coast of the United States
 


This map shows the high landslide risk areas of the United States such as the Appalachian mountain region of the East Coast, the Pacific west coast, and the front range of the Rocky Mountains. 


 
High resolution image from NASA on the large Nor'Easter that hit the northeast this weekend

Hazard prone parcels in Forest Falls, CA map.