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The Crab Fishermen Of Alaska
High seas beset by towering waves, swell churning up hazardous freezing waters, and heavy machinery tied to treacherous equipment. Reasons enough why Alaskan crab fishing ranks as the deadliest job in the America – if not the world. Even such descriptions do little justice to the extremity of the conditions confronted by the fishermen out on the storm-ridden Bering Sea during the cruel Arctic winter.
Continue reading...This Day In History: Wierdest Disaster Ever
Friday, January 16, 2009
On this day in 1915 (from the day of publishing, at least), argueably the strangest man-made disaster ever happened in Boston when a 50 foot, 2.3 million gallon tank of molasses collapsed. This created a wave of sugary destruction up to 15 feet-high, travelling at the breakneck speed (for molasses) of 35 mph and what must surely be one of the hardest clean-up efforts of a non-inherently lethal substance in recent history.
Continue reading...The Town Where No one is Allowed to Die
Monday, November 24, 2008
The tiny locale of Longyearbyen, Norway, is one of the world's most northerly towns. Here, university students learn to shoot polar bears in self-defense while kindergarten kids have mobility issues caused by heavy snowsuits and residents worry about the effects of global warming on their Icefjord. But if life in Longyearbyen is unusual, it's nothing compared to the prospect of death: the town rule is, if you die here, you will not be buried.
Continue reading...5 Giant Holes That Devoured Everything Around Them
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Guatemala Sinkhole. Image via AP Imagine walking down the street, minding your own business, when suddenly the earth begins to shake and fold in. Imagine that the very ground you stand on is disintegrating beneath your feet, being devoured by a giant hole. No – this isn’t some [...]
Continue reading...California Man Has 7,000 Skulls In His House
Monday, May 5, 2008
Image from Wikimedia Commons Remember that weird teacher you had in high school? No matter what, I promise you they weren’t as strange as Ray Bandar, a retired high school science teacher in California who has taken up collecting skulls as a hobby and currently has over [...]
Continue reading...5 Catastrophic Earthquakes in Major Cities
Monday, April 28, 2008
Paso Robales, California, 2003. Image from Hey Paul Earthquakes are a perfect representation of the age-old riddle: if a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a noise?
Continue reading...Flying Stingray Kills Woman
Friday, March 21, 2008
A spotted eagle ray leapt out of the water Thursday and struck a 55-year old woman in the head, killing her. It was not immediately clear if the woman was killed by the penetrating barb of
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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