A History Lesson

               In recent history it seems as if every couple of days a natural disaster effects millions of people, but this is not a recent thing, it has been happening for every. Through out time their have been hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, wild fires, etc. This got me thinking, "How would past disasters compare to the disasters of today?" 
              The earliest natural disaster I could find was in 1500 B.C., a Mediterranean small island, called Stroggli was stuck by a tsunami wiping out the Minoans. Plato called it the site where "The Lost City of Atlantis" was.
              When we hear natural disaster we think of earthquakes, tsunami's, erupting volcanoes, etc, but a natural disaster can be more then physical destruction to our planet, it can be a outbreak, or illness. The Bubonic Plague, (1330A.D.-1350A.D.) is and excellent example of this. This disease also known as the "black death" killed 75 million people.
              Even when their is a physical disaster their could be a different reason for so many deaths. In Tambora, Indonesia a volcano had erupted, but the  181,580,000 deaths were caused by famine because of the lack of wildlife and ability to farm.
             What I've collected through the process of studying about the history of natural disasters is we are saving more lives, but their is a lot more property damage costs. So as a community we need to make sure the people that are saved have a place to call home after the tragedy.If you are interested in reading more about past natural disasters I got my information at www.livescience.com.