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HENRYVILLE, IN - MARCH 03: The foundation of a home is all that remains after it was destroyed by yesterday’s tornado March 3, 2012 in Henryville, Indiana. Dozens of people were killed as severe weather and tornados ripped through the South and Midwest yesterday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (via Photos: Tornadoes Rip Through the Midwest | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post) View high resolution

HENRYVILLE, IN - MARCH 03: The foundation of a home is all that remains after it was destroyed by yesterday’s tornado March 3, 2012 in Henryville, Indiana. Dozens of people were killed as severe weather and tornados ripped through the South and Midwest yesterday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (via Photos: Tornadoes Rip Through the Midwest | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post)

On April 26, 1986, operators in this control room of reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant committed a fatal series of errors during a safety test, triggering a reactor meltdown that resulted in the world’s largest nuclear accident to date. Today, the control room sits abandoned and deadly radioactive. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, 2005 (Gerd Ludwig/INSTITUTE) (via Gerd Ludwig’s “Long Shadow of Chernobyl” project - The Big Picture - Boston.com) View high resolution

On April 26, 1986, operators in this control room of reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant committed a fatal series of errors during a safety test, triggering a reactor meltdown that resulted in the world’s largest nuclear accident to date. Today, the control room sits abandoned and deadly radioactive. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, 2005 (Gerd Ludwig/INSTITUTE) (via Gerd Ludwig’s “Long Shadow of Chernobyl” project - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

Jay Lukes (@1000Steps) asked for something from the “1993 Laguna Beach Fire in Laguna Beach CA”. That terrible fire destroyed more than 350 homes in a single day (more here). In this image: a single home sits virtually untouched in Laguna Beach, California, on October 28, 1993, after wildfires reduced neighboring homes, and hundreds of others, to rubble. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac) # View high resolution

Jay Lukes (@1000Steps) asked for something from the “1993 Laguna Beach Fire in Laguna Beach CA”. That terrible fire destroyed more than 350 homes in a single day (more here). In this image: a single home sits virtually untouched in Laguna Beach, California, on October 28, 1993, after wildfires reduced neighboring homes, and hundreds of others, to rubble. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac) #

In this underwater photo taken on Jan. 13 and released by the Italian Coast Guard Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 a view of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, after it ran aground near the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Italian rescue officials say a passenger’s body has been found in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, raising to six the number of confirmed dead in the disaster. Sixteen people remain unaccounted-for. (AP Photo/Italian Coast Guard) (via Photos: Rescue Operations Continue on the Costa Concordia | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post) View high resolution

In this underwater photo taken on Jan. 13 and released by the Italian Coast Guard Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 a view of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, after it ran aground near the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Italian rescue officials say a passenger’s body has been found in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, raising to six the number of confirmed dead in the disaster. Sixteen people remain unaccounted-for. (AP Photo/Italian Coast Guard) (via Photos: Rescue Operations Continue on the Costa Concordia | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post)

The remains of a destroyed tree are seen five days after a massive tornado passed through the town killing at least 132 people on May 27, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The town continues the process of recovering from the storm which damaged or destroyed an estimated 8,000 structures. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (via Photos: Best Photos of the Year 2011 | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post) View high resolution

The remains of a destroyed tree are seen five days after a massive tornado passed through the town killing at least 132 people on May 27, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The town continues the process of recovering from the storm which damaged or destroyed an estimated 8,000 structures. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (via Photos: Best Photos of the Year 2011 | Plog — World, National Photos, Photography and Reportage — The Denver Post)

Evacuation drills are common in Japan’s earthquake zones. So when the real thing happened in March, the children knew what to do - and expected to return in a few days. Months have gone by since the students fled. Still sitting in the classroom cubbies are the leather book bags that can cost several hundred dollars apiece and are one of a Japanese child’s most valuable and cherished possessions. They will likely never be reclaimed. (© David Guttenfelder/National Geographic) (via Fukushima: Inside the Exclusion Zone - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic) View high resolution

Evacuation drills are common in Japan’s earthquake zones. So when the real thing happened in March, the children knew what to do - and expected to return in a few days. Months have gone by since the students fled. Still sitting in the classroom cubbies are the leather book bags that can cost several hundred dollars apiece and are one of a Japanese child’s most valuable and cherished possessions. They will likely never be reclaimed. (© David Guttenfelder/National Geographic) (via Fukushima: Inside the Exclusion Zone - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic)