Hurricane Galveston - Sept. 8, 1900
- Hurricane Katrina - Aug. 29, 2005
- Dust Bowl - Early 1930’s
- Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake - April 18, 1906
- Okeechobee Hurricane - September 16, 1928
- Heat Wave of 1980 - Summer of 1980
- Heat Wave of 1988 - Summer of 1988
- Johnstown Flood - May 31, 1889
- Peshtigo Fire - October 8, 1871
- Tri-State Tornado - March 18, 1925
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