Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

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Activity
Note: Write all your answers at the back of the worksheet.

Activity 3
Search the Internet and find some historic descriptions of volcanic eruptions. Pick four and
compare and contrast them to each other. Were destruction and /or loss of life due to primary or
secondary effects? A few suggested eruptions: Krakatau, Pinatubo, Etna, Vesuvius, Nevado del
Ruiz, Laki, Katmai, El Chichon. Don't feel limited to these!

YOU CAN SURF THESE VOLCANO LINKS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO

LEARN MORE.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/ Alaska Volcano Observatory

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ USGS Volcano Hazards Program
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html Cascades Volcano Observatory
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/VOLCANOES/LongValley/ Long Valley Observatory
http://www.volcano.si.edu Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ Volcano World
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/ The Electronic Volcano
Find out about some Deadly Volcanoes:
Mont Pelee, West Indies
Vesuvius (PBS Nova)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/deadliest.html More PBS information
Cascades Volcano Observatory -- Menu of the world's Deadliest Volcanoes
Craters of the Moon National Monument Nodak's page on this famous National Park

Assessment
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