You know, there’s something to be said about honoring those who have passed due to catastrophe. I’m not saying that there should be a monument or post or something for every single person ever lost to a catastrophe; that would be unreasonable. For example, if there was one at the site of the 1978 United […]
Author Archives: walterh
Jun
22
2012
The Bhopal Disaster of 1984
The subject of today’s podcast is the Union Carbide gas leak in 1984 that affected more than half a million people in Bhopal India, and the lingering effects that are still being felt today. As usual, you can download the podcast at the link above (Click Podcast RSS on the upper right hand side of […]
May
25
2012
The Crash of American Airlines Flight #191 at Chicago, May 25th, 1979
I put together today’s podcast with the thought of publishing it today, the 33rd anniversary of the crash of an American Airlines DC10 that left Chicago for Los Angeles. You can download the podcast at the link above (Click Podcast RSS on the upper right hand side of the page), download the podcast by clicking […]
May
04
2012
An Introduction
Greetings, and welcome to CatastropheCast.com I’ve always been interested in catastrophes, both manmade and nature. So if it’s an airline disaster or an earthquake, I’ve been fascinated by it. Not to be too morbid about it, but the subjects have enthralled me my entire life. So I decided to put together a podcast focusing on […]
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