Human Experience
The Dallas Tornado
Voices from the Future | Colin Hatzman The Dallas Tornado The Event: In late October 2019, a series of tornados — 10 all together — hit the city of Dallas,
The Furious Fire
Voices from the Future | KerryAnn Laufer The Furious Fire The Event: The Kincade Fire sparked in late October 2019. It spread from a power plant area in northern Sonoma
The Thousand-Year Flood
Voices from the Future | Ronnie Scott The Thousand-Year Flood The Event: The 2016 West Virginia flood— considered a 1,000-year natural event with a 0.1 percent probability of happening in
When Irma Knocked
Voices From the Future | Tom and Lynda Ciano When Irma Knocked The Event:A tropical wave was born somewhere over west Africa on August 26, 2017. In the coming days,
The Survivalist
Voices from the Future | Peter Bigfoot Busnack The Survivalist The Event: On June 8, 2019, a wildfire erupted a few miles northwest of Superior, Arizona. It came to be
The Rancher and the Wallow Fire
Voices from the Future | Wink Crigler The Rancher and the Wallow Fire The Event: On May 29, 2011, two men left a campfire unattended in the Bear Wallow Wilderness
The Flooding of Venice
Voices from the Future | Pierpaolo Campostrini The Flooding of Venice The Event: Tidal waves from the Adriatic Sea peaked as high as 6 feet and flooded the city of
The Australian Bushfires
Voices from the Future | Carol Duncan The Australian Bushfires The Event: Close to 200 bushfires ignited in Australia in early October 2019. They torched nearly 15 million acres of
The Escape
Voices from the Future | Rezza Aji Pratama The Escape The Event: On December 31, 2019, torrential rains pounded a swath of Jakarta. More than 400,000 people fled their homes,
International Impact
Voices from the future | Jake Curtis International Impact The Event: In 2004, a sudden and powerful earthquake rocked the Earth beneath the Indian Ocean. The 9.1 magnitude temblor triggered
The Jakarta Floods
Voices from the Future | Faradilla Fajrin Al-Fath The Jakarta Floods The Event: On December 31, 2019, torrential rains pounded a swath of Jakarta. More than 400,000 people were affected,
The Chennai Floods
Voices from the Future | Anjali Ponni Rajkumar The Chennai Floods The Event: In 2015, the winter monsoon season brought torrential rains to Chennai, in southern India. Unprecedented floods followed,