"Communities, Disaster & Change" is a traveling exhibition coordinated by the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive, in Valdez, Alaska. It provides a twist on the fiftieth anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake commemoration through its connection with other communities and other disasters. The exhibit will travel around the state as well as to Oregon, and Hawaii. The full travel schedule and complete online gallery of the exhibit can be seen here.

This blog serves as a place to host a global conversation about the indomitable nature of the human spirit and communities' reactions to change, how they survive disaster and how they rebuild for the future. We hope this can be a tool for people like you, all across the world, to reach out and share your stories on survival and the will to carry on.

If you have seen the exhibit whether online or in person we want to know your reaction to the work of these twenty-eight Alaskan artists. Please join us in an ongoing conversation, and chime in with your thoughts, views and your personal stories of your community, disaster, and change.

04 October 2014

Hurricanes, Earthquakes & Tornadoes Displace 22mn People In 2013, 3 X More Than Wars

 By: Laura Johnston    Saturday, October 04, 2014     No comments

 
"Twister" by Shana Anderson
Welt Felted Wool With Silk Inlay
Temporary Exhibit at the Valdez Museum

 
5 Tornadoes Facts
 
1.     A tornado is as a rotating, funnel cloud that stretches from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 mph.
2.    Tornadoes can damage areas in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long.
3.     Tornadoes can bring tropical storms and hurricanes once on land. 
4.     Rotating thunderstorms indicate tornado activity. On radar they are defined thunderstorms that may produce hail, extreme winds, lightning, or flash floods.
5.     Tornadoes often occur when a warm front meets a cold front, which then can spawn 1 or more “twisters" after it forms a thunderstorm. 
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