Each of the locations you are researching has been affected by a natural disaster. It is your duty carefully examine these disasters from a historical perspective. You will be discovering when the disasters have previously occurred and the damage caused by each disaster. You will be researching the ways people, animals, and plant life live in these areas have been affected by the occurrence of these events.

The following web sites will help direct you in your research on the Internet. For each type of disaster there are several basic questions that you must answer in order to help your group answer the ultimate question; which area will be most suitable for Farmer Hunt's new farm?

Listed below you will find specific questions for consideration and links that will help to answer these questions. Some of these web sites will help you answer more than one question.

	Kilauea, Hawaii: The Threat Of Volcano
What is a volcano? When has this volcano previously erupted? What kind of damage has this volcano previously caused?
Volcanoes: DiscoverySchool.com
Volcano Glossary
Kilauea Facts
Kilauea Historical Eruptions
Volcano Database
Volcanoes Online
Talking about Disasters: Volcanoes
FEMA Volcanoes

	San Andreas Fault: The Threat Of Earthquake
What is an earthquake? When have earthquakes previously occurred in this area? How many earthquakes have occurred in this area? What was some of the damage previously caused?
Earthquakes: DiscoverySchool.com
Earthquake History of California
What is a Earthquake?
Earthquake Glossary
Earthquake Facts
San Andreas History
Explore Zone: Earthquake
1906 California Earthquake
San Andreas Map
Earthquake Info
Earthquake Location
FEMA Earthquakes

	Mississippi River: The Threat Of Flooding
What is a flood? When have floods previously occurred in this area? What kind of damages has this volcano previously caused?
Mississippi River: DiscoverySchool.com
2001 Flood, Upper Mississippi River
2001 Flood: Hastings, Minnesota
2001 Flood: Lake City, Minnesota
2001 Flood: Wabasha, Minnesota
The Flood of 2001: Southeastern Minnesota and Wisconsin
FEMA Flooding
The Great River Flood
Discovery School: Mississippi Floods

	Sierra Nevada: The Threat Of Wildfire
What is a wildfire? When have wildfires previously occurred in this area? What has some of the damage been to these areas? What has previously been done to help fight and/or prevent wildfires? Do you think these precautions will help keep a wildfire from reaching a farm in this area?
NIFC Significant Wildfires
FEMA Wildfires
Wildfire History
California Wildfire
Sierra Nevada Fire
Fuel for Wildfire
Fire Rages through Sierra Nevada
Wildland Fire Locations
Fire Takes Over