Each of the locations you are researching has been affected by a natural disaster. It is your duty to carefully examine these disasters from a mathematical perspective. You will research the statistics surrounding the occurrences of each event. How likely is it that this event will occur again in this area? What were the damage costs that each area's event has previously caused? The answers to these questions will be crucial to your group's decision.

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 you 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? How likely is it that this volcano will erupt again during the life of the farmer? What are the damage costs that this volcano has previously caused?
Volcanoes: DiscoverySchool.com
Volcano Database
Volcanoes Online
Talking about disasters:Volcanoes
Kilauea Facts
Volcano Glossary
FEMA Volcanoes

	San Andreas Fault: The Threat Of Earthquake
What is an earthquake? How likely is it that an earthquake will occur again in this area? What is the scale used to measure earthquakes, and what do the numbers mean? What are some of the ratings used to describe the earthquakes that have previously occurred in this area? What are some of the costs of damages from earthquakes that were reported in this area?
Earthquakes: DiscoverySchool.com
Earthquake Glossary
Earthquake Facts & Statistics
San Andreas Fault Zone
Significant Earthquake Database
Earthquake Information
What are Earthquakes?
Damage Figures
Earthquake Damage
FEMA Earthquake

	Mississippi River: The Threat Of Flooding
What is a flood? How likely is it that a flood will occur again in this area? What are the damage costs that floods in this area have previously caused?
Mississippi River: DiscoverySchool.com
FEMA Flooding
The Great River Flood
Flood Statistics: Mississippi River
About the Mississippi
Flood
1993 Mississippi River Flood
Discovery School: Mississippi Flooding
Flood Definitions

 

	Sierra Nevada: The Threat Of Wildfire
What is a wildfire? How likely is it that a wildfire will occur again in this area? What are the damage costs that have been consequence of previous wildfires in this area?
NIFC Significant Wildfires
Wild Fire Statistics by State
FEMA Wildfires
Sierra Nevada Fire
Wildfire Season Statistics
Fire Rages through Sierra Nevada
Wildland Fire Locations
California Wildfire
Wildfire Facts