Disastrous History
@disastroushistory.bsky.social
The guy that talks a lot about disasters, history, and other things. If you’re here for exclusively disasters, I’m sorry ahead of time.
The northern lights are out again in Nebraska tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The northern lights are out again in Nebraska tonight!
This insanity has officially been surpassed
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This insanity has officially been surpassed
If you’re trying to report on an active disaster scene, stop posting numbers of injuries/trapped/missing/dead from scanners. It does a disservice to emergency responders. They’re not reporting things, they are operating under the minimal information they have.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you’re trying to report on an active disaster scene, stop posting numbers of injuries/trapped/missing/dead from scanners. It does a disservice to emergency responders. They’re not reporting things, they are operating under the minimal information they have.
We’re doing the category 6 hurricane discourse again I guess.
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We’re doing the category 6 hurricane discourse again I guess.
Oddly enough not outright calling it pyrotornadogenesis. Curious as to why
The Jasper Wildfire in Canada in 2024 produced plume driven winds consistent with EF4 and EF5 tornados. Seriously.
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Oddly enough not outright calling it pyrotornadogenesis. Curious as to why
The Jasper Wildfire in Canada in 2024 produced plume driven winds consistent with EF4 and EF5 tornados. Seriously.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Jasper Wildfire in Canada in 2024 produced plume driven winds consistent with EF4 and EF5 tornados. Seriously.
Been doing a lot of research into Great Lakes shipwrecks and the Fitz was the last major Great Lakes shipping disaster oddly enough.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Been doing a lot of research into Great Lakes shipwrecks and the Fitz was the last major Great Lakes shipping disaster oddly enough.
These two images of Melissa will be in my mind forever.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These two images of Melissa will be in my mind forever.
One of my Facebook followers sent me this photo of the Edmund Fitzgerald going through (probably) the Soo Locks in the mid 60s
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
One of my Facebook followers sent me this photo of the Edmund Fitzgerald going through (probably) the Soo Locks in the mid 60s
Hurricane Melissa is going to be studied for an incredibly long time
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hurricane Melissa is going to be studied for an incredibly long time
Talking about disasters on the internet brings out the worst conspiracy theorists, but this is the first time I’ve seen an “I-35W bridge collapse was intentional with explosives” conspiracy theorist.
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Talking about disasters on the internet brings out the worst conspiracy theorists, but this is the first time I’ve seen an “I-35W bridge collapse was intentional with explosives” conspiracy theorist.
I’m in a meteorology class online right now and I decided to read the discussion board for our most recent project out of curiosity and I did not comprehend the level at which people refuse to look things up to learn on their own
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’m in a meteorology class online right now and I decided to read the discussion board for our most recent project out of curiosity and I did not comprehend the level at which people refuse to look things up to learn on their own
It took awhile but we finally got one
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
It took awhile but we finally got one
The implication of using this study to give Enderlin an EF5 rating is we can now go back and re rate every tornado based on an actual rating and methodology from the NWS.
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The implication of using this study to give Enderlin an EF5 rating is we can now go back and re rate every tornado based on an actual rating and methodology from the NWS.
Justice for my Ashby, Nebraska tornado!
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Justice for my Ashby, Nebraska tornado!
If you thought the Enderlin EF-5 was going to end the “was it an EF-5” debates boy oh boy do I have bad news for you. It’s going to make it a million times worse.
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you thought the Enderlin EF-5 was going to end the “was it an EF-5” debates boy oh boy do I have bad news for you. It’s going to make it a million times worse.
A new favorite game I like to play is “is that a real thing or is it from Blaine County Radio in GTA V”
normal people don't say "triggered" or "heteronormative," they say they gave their life to christ in a cracker barrel parking lot
August 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A new favorite game I like to play is “is that a real thing or is it from Blaine County Radio in GTA V”
College football fans are well versed in cash given in food bags @sickoscommittee.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
College football fans are well versed in cash given in food bags @sickoscommittee.org
When I worked in DC you would see no less than a dozen police from any point at the national mall at any given time. I lived directly behind the Supreme Court and could see 5 cops at all times from my window. There’s literally no reason to have anymore cops there at all.
Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
August 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
When I worked in DC you would see no less than a dozen police from any point at the national mall at any given time. I lived directly behind the Supreme Court and could see 5 cops at all times from my window. There’s literally no reason to have anymore cops there at all.
Hey so the new War of the Worlds used real disaster footage and just overlaid aliens. This is the Fort McMurray wildfire.
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hey so the new War of the Worlds used real disaster footage and just overlaid aliens. This is the Fort McMurray wildfire.
Desperately need Midwesterners to stop complaining about Canadian wildfire smoke.
August 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Desperately need Midwesterners to stop complaining about Canadian wildfire smoke.
Online news websites stop posting articles without actually reading the research paper challenge level: Apparently impossible. No one is calling for a 300 meter megatsunami to hit the west coast if the Cascadian Subduction Zone has an earthquake.
August 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Online news websites stop posting articles without actually reading the research paper challenge level: Apparently impossible. No one is calling for a 300 meter megatsunami to hit the west coast if the Cascadian Subduction Zone has an earthquake.
Genuine question. If someone said the phrase “up underneath” do you know what they mean?
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Genuine question. If someone said the phrase “up underneath” do you know what they mean?
So this AccuWeather article title has been driving me nuts since they posted it the other day. This map is *not* supposed to show the best and worst places to live for hazards. It gives you an idea of what to expect for recovery post disaster.
Totally outside our area of expertise but fascinating information. Thinking of moving? This map has weather and climate threats and recovery ability by county.
www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
Map reveals best and worst places to live for natural disasters
FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county by disaster risk, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Here’s what it reveals—and how to use it.
www.accuweather.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
So this AccuWeather article title has been driving me nuts since they posted it the other day. This map is *not* supposed to show the best and worst places to live for hazards. It gives you an idea of what to expect for recovery post disaster.
Read this week’s disaster dispatch here! disastroushistroy.substack.com/p/disaster-d...
Disaster Dispatch for 7/19/25 to 7/25/25
Disasters that happened over the past week.
disastroushistroy.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Read this week’s disaster dispatch here! disastroushistroy.substack.com/p/disaster-d...