In the movies
This movie along with Armageddon, were two big budget meteor movies released by Hollywood in 1998.
What is Deep Impact?
This date marks the National First Responders Day, that recognizes the heroic men and women who make it their business to take immediate action when disaster strikes.
What is October 28th?
World’s largest man-made non-nuclear explosion.
What is Halifax Explosion, 1917?
Une facile pour débuter : in French, this word is the equivalent of hurricane or cyclone.
Qu’est-ce qu’un ouragan?
Yahoo! Movies listed this film as one of its top-10 scientifically inaccurate films. Predominantly shot in Toronto and Montreal, this climate-based blockbuster begins with the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation, followed by rapid climate shifts and extreme weather events that wreak havoc worldwide.
What is the The Day After Tomorrow?
Known as the 20th century's most devastating quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, this earthquake hit this sleeping city, in northeast China in 1976.
What is Tangshan?
The costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.
What is Fort McMurray Wildfires, May 1-July 5, 2016, Alberta?
En 1990, ce feu a duré quatre jours a forcé l’évacuation d’une dizaine de résidences dans un village en bordure de Montréal. Des dires de certains, ce brassier a inspiré la bande d’introduction de chaque épisode des Simpsons.
Qu’est que le feu de pneus de St-Amable?
In Twister, this machine invented to study tornadoes had to be placed in the eye of the storm to work effectively. She was named after a famous lead character from an old classic disaster movie.
Who or what is Dorothy?
Labelled the deadliest flood in European history, this flood wiped out over a dozen villages and several towns in the Netherlands in 1530
What is St. Felix's flood?
Thousands occur annually in Canada, but are typically small.
What are landslides?
Le Canada en recense le plus au monde, à l’exception des États-Unis. Ce phénomène a passé en vent il y a quelques années à Ottawa et Gatineau.
Qu’est qu’une tornade?