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Created the traffic light to provide safety and prevent accidents
Who is Garret Morgan?
Invented the safety hood and smoke protector, an early gas mask, which was used to save workers from smoke and toxic fumes during fires
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Developed methods to store, transport, and standardize blood plasma
Who is Charles Drew?
Developed methods for soil improvement and crop rotation techniques to help farmers adapt to droughts, floods, and other weather challenges
Who is George Washington Carver?
This natural disaster appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour.
What is a tornado?
Improved street lamps and electric lighting to enhance public safety during nighttime emergencies.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
Invented a portable fire escape ladder for emergency evacuations.
Who is Joseph Winters?
First African American woman physician and authored one of the earliest guides on preventive care for women and children
Who is Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
Created early weather prediction tools using astronomical and lunar observations, aiding farmers and planners in anticipating weather
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
To prepare for this natural disaster, secure your water heater, refrigerator, furnace, and gas appliances by strapping them to the wall studs and bolting to the floor.
What is an earthquake?
Invented the “automatic coupler” to prevent accidents when connecting train cars.
Who is Andrew J. Beard?
Improved safety by designing elevator doors that automatically closed, preventing passengers from falling down elevator shafts
Who is Alexander Miles?
Introduced intradermal vaccination techniques, improving rapid immunization during outbreaks
Who is Dr. Louis T. Wright ?
Created an illusion transmitter (3D imaging technology) later applied in satellite imaging and remote sensing, improving weather monitoring and forecasting.
Who is Valerie Thomas?
Changes in landscape such as patterns of storm-water drainage on slopes (especially the places where runoff water converges), land movement, or progressively leaning trees are all signs of this natural disaster potentially occurring.
What is a landslide?
Created automatic transmission / gear-shifting system
Who is Richard Spikes ?
Developed a home smoke detector prototype enhancing safety improvements and fire prevention
Who is Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner?
Invented the sanitary belt
Who is Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner?
Developed technology to extract water from the atmosphere to mitigate drought and provide clean, potable water in areas like Flint, Michigan, and hurricane-ravaged regions.
Who is Moses West?
This natural disaster can be accompanied by other natural hazards, including earthquakes, mudflows and flash floods, rock falls and landslides, acid rain, fire, and (under special conditions) tsunamis.
What is a volcanic eruption?
Created mobile refrigeration for trucks, railcars, and ships
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
Contributed to safety and surveying designs such as the emergency life raft
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Invented the Laserphaco Probe, a device that revolutionized cataract surgery
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
Developed some of the first, foundational computer models of the Earth’s climate
Who is Warren Washington ?
This natural hazard caused the most fatalities in 2012 with 155. This hazard also has the highest 10-Year Average (2003-2013) with 117 fatalities according to the National Weather Service.
What is a heat wave or extreme heat?