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Front Street, Juneau 1908. "All White Help."



Japanese bombing of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor in WWII that killed 25. Japanese launched two bombing attacks from air craft carriers on Dutch, and occupied two of the Aleutian Islands.




USS Macon under construction:




The Mt. St. Helens eruption was one of the most destructive in modern U.S. History. The eruption column alone was over 80,000 ft high and the mudslide created by the melted snow and ice created a swath of destruction that stretched out for over 50 miles. The entire North face of the mountain literally exploded.

The Mt. St. Helens eruption was one of the most destructive in modern U.S. History. The eruption column alone was over 80,000 ft high and the mudslide created by the melted snow and ice created a swath of destruction that stretched out for over 50 miles. The entire North face of the mountain literally exploded.

The eruption occurred over several days in March starting with a 4.0 earthquake and then the first major eruption on March 27. The side of the mount exploded as groundwater came in contact with magma ejecting rock and volcanic ash into the atmosphere. The force of the successive explosions equaled 25 megatons of force which was 1,600 times as powerful as the nuclear warhead that was dropped on Hiroshima with a blast radius of over 19 miles. The blast traveled at the speed of sound mowing down acres of forest. The heat of the gases were so intense that even trees that escaped the destruction ended up having their bark singed.

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Galveston hurricane 1900






Hindenburg Disaster

It was 75 years ago the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.