World Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Acalanche in Himalayan mountains kills multiple climbers

This was a very sad article to read.  I enjoy participating in dangerous and extreme activities.  I have sky-dived, bungee jumped, mountain climbed (my next adventure will hopefully include some sort of rainforest!) but I try to weigh the risks of a situation before partaking in it.  When I first started mountain climbing, this past February, my friends were careful and instructive on how to read a map before we did any climbing.  We were in Scotland and the weather can change really easy.  Getting lost on a mountain top can be very dangerous, but at the same time you be ready for a bad situation.

In this article a Nepalese official commented and said that this event was completely a natural disaster. There are nothing the climbers could have done to prevent being killed in the avalanche, other than not going climbing.  When you participate in dangerous activities — whether it be base jumping, storm chasing or mountain biking — there is a risk.  You have to respect nature and always have it in your mind that disaster events can affect you.  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/23/nepal-himalayas-avalanche-climber-deaths

Wildfires

This article is important to me because my uncle is currently living in the thick of the wildfires.  He lives in an RV in a forest and earlier this summer when he was visiting Wisconsin, the fires got within a mile from his RV and there was nothing he could do to save all of his belongings. 

This particular article said that these new fires were started by a lightning strike on September 9th, 2012 so there was nothing in particular that we as humans could have done to prevent this fire (unless you want to go wild and say by using fossil fuels we have causes global change and so on and so forth ...). 

My uncle and his friends are experienced dirt bikers, so these fires have destroyed or are destroying their favorite places to bike as well as their property and belongings.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120921142832.htm

Flood Hazard Map

Using this information, floods can not be prevented but they can be prepared for.  Knowing where floods occur, how often and how extreme can allow the citizens of the probable flood area to prepare themselves for prevention and for the after affects.  Depending on what areas are affected, you can decide what would/wouldn't be good farm land so you can attempt prevent crop damages and food shortages.