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
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.
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
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.
It took awhile but we finally got one
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
It took awhile but we finally got one
Justice for my Ashby, Nebraska tornado!
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Justice for my Ashby, Nebraska tornado!
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
This is the Bagram Airfield Crash in Afghanistan in 2013 just removed and put over maybe Heathrow based on livery.
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is the Bagram Airfield Crash in Afghanistan in 2013 just removed and put over maybe Heathrow based on livery.
I’m relatively confident that is either Lac Megantic or a chemical plant fire in Illinois.
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m relatively confident that is either Lac Megantic or a chemical plant fire in Illinois.
That’s the 2011 Japan tsunami.
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
That’s the 2011 Japan tsunami.
That’s Deepwater Horizon.
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
That’s Deepwater Horizon.
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.
It's corn sweat time.
July 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's corn sweat time.
Watching an active IR flight over a wildfire in northern California in the midst of writing a book about disasters is a surreal experience.
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Watching an active IR flight over a wildfire in northern California in the midst of writing a book about disasters is a surreal experience.
The Utah wildfire video of a purported firenado has been making the rounds on social media. But was it an actual fire tornado? I think not. Read more here: disastroushistroy.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...
July 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Utah wildfire video of a purported firenado has been making the rounds on social media. But was it an actual fire tornado? I think not. Read more here: disastroushistroy.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...
To add some additional context, neither official Kerr County emergency Facebook page posted anything until at least 5:10 am on July 4th. By this point it’s likely that a number of fatalities had already occurred and was a full 4 hours after the first flash flood warnings had been issued.
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
To add some additional context, neither official Kerr County emergency Facebook page posted anything until at least 5:10 am on July 4th. By this point it’s likely that a number of fatalities had already occurred and was a full 4 hours after the first flash flood warnings had been issued.
And for good measure, the NWS issued a flash flood emergency at 4:00 am as well. Indicating rainfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour. Which also should have gone to all cell phones in the area.
July 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
And for good measure, the NWS issued a flash flood emergency at 4:00 am as well. Indicating rainfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour. Which also should have gone to all cell phones in the area.
At 4:05 am it reached major flood stage or ~22 feet. 3 hours after the initial flood warning. It would take until 4:20 am for a local firefighter to say “hey we should issue an alert to residents in the area” and tell the sheriffs department. They said “we need supervisor approval”
July 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
At 4:05 am it reached major flood stage or ~22 feet. 3 hours after the initial flood warning. It would take until 4:20 am for a local firefighter to say “hey we should issue an alert to residents in the area” and tell the sheriffs department. They said “we need supervisor approval”
At 3:10 am it reached moderate flood stage which is ~12 feet. Nearly 2 full hours after the initial warning.
July 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
At 3:10 am it reached moderate flood stage which is ~12 feet. Nearly 2 full hours after the initial warning.
It would take until 3:00 am for the Guadalupe River at Hunt, Texas to reach NWS flood stage which is ~10 feet.
July 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It would take until 3:00 am for the Guadalupe River at Hunt, Texas to reach NWS flood stage which is ~10 feet.
The first flash flood warning for Kerr County was issued at 1:14 am 7/4/25. It was a considerable threat so a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) would have been issued to all cell phones in the area with rainfall rates 2-3 inches per hour.
July 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The first flash flood warning for Kerr County was issued at 1:14 am 7/4/25. It was a considerable threat so a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) would have been issued to all cell phones in the area with rainfall rates 2-3 inches per hour.
Listen I’ve seen some wild conspiracy theories in my time talking about disasters but this one is an all timer about the Beirut explosion from 2020
July 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Listen I’ve seen some wild conspiracy theories in my time talking about disasters but this one is an all timer about the Beirut explosion from 2020