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August 18, 2005

Laurie Darcey - Force Of Nature

National Geographic has this great flash site on "Forces of Nature" to go along with their IMAX film. You can make your own hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, and tornadoes by choosing from a variety of factors and then watching the results of your simulation. You can see how the different variables combine to form different types of events - for example, which kind of volcanic eruption was Mount St. Helens, eh?

Trust me to make massive damage hurricane the first time, hehheh! Check out Hurricane Laurie:

It was also interesting seeing the building damage simulated by the different earthquakes on different land surfaces. This is why people don't build brick houses out here on the California fault lines...

Make your own: National Geographic: Forces of Nature

Posted by sorsha at August 18, 2005 12:33 PM