Everyone remembers the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle disasters. We all know the famous Apollo 11 Moon landing and the historic first steps of Neil Armstrong in 1969. But few outside NASA recall the Apollo 1 Tragedy that happened just 2 years earlier. On January 27, 1967, during a launch rehearsal at Cape Kennedy, aContinue reading “APOLLO 1 – The Forgotten First NASA Disaster”
Category Archives: Historical Disasters
Welcome to Centralia – the Town that Burned from Beneath
If you drive north on Route 61 in northeastern Pennsylvania, you will come across an innocent looking detour at the top of a low mountain.
Krakatoa Volcano: the Eruption that Shook the Globe
The eruption of Krakatau island in August 1883 was THE most deadly volcanic explosion in modern history.
Bhopal India was the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster
How soon we forgot. Over 30 years ago, on the night of December 3, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, released 30 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air. Primarily into the poor slums surrounding the factory, exposing more than half a million souls to the deadly cloud. The thick,Continue reading “Bhopal India was the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster”
Japan’s Horrific Minamata Disease was a Man-made Disaster
Minamata Disease is a sobering reminder of the dangers of unregulated industries in modern times, a purely human-created disease.
The Santiago Church Fire was the Deadliest in History
The deadliest fire disaster ever recorded is not where you might think. Not the Great London Fire, not the Great Chicago Fire, not New York City. It occurred at The Church of the Company of Jesus in Santiago, Chile on December 8th, 1863. The horrible Santiago Church Fire consumed the church during a Catholic Mass, killingContinue reading “The Santiago Church Fire was the Deadliest in History”