In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the intentional train crash (?!) that created a small town in Texas, and then sent it running. 

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Un1vJycrw8 
• http://www.cityofwest.com/our-history/crash-at-crush/ 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the boat disaster that was nearly lost to the chaos of the American Civil War.

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLKI4VltuE
• https://www.history.com/news/the-forgotten-story-of-americas-titanic
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/sultana-disaster 
• https://www.npr.org/2015/04/27/402515205/the-shipwreck-that-led-confederate-veterans-to-risk-all-for-union-lives 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat) 

In this episode, Madison tells Bailey about the 1902 eruption of St. Pierre on Martinique, and some of the early (and apocalyptic) warning signs that appeared ahead of the catastrophe.

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902_eruption_of_Mount_Pel%C3%A9e 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKSBbtf3GI 
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/28/physicalsciences.highereducation 
• http://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Pelee.html 

This week, Madison tells Bailey about Delta Flight 191 -- the Dallas air catastrophe that led to an overhaul in onboard weather detection. 

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDfodeURad0 
• https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20150730/entertainment/812028283 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191 
• https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/library/documents/2011/aug/56407/faa%20p-8740-40%20windshear%5Bhi-res%5D%20branded.pdf 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-Doppler_radar 

This week, Madison tells Bailey about another mountaineering excursion gone awry! Tune in to learn about an Oregon Episcopal School class of sophomores who had a tragic excursion on Mt. Hood. 

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Resources used in this episode:

• https://www.outsideonline.com/2357451/mount-hood-disaster-1986 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Mount_Hood_Disaster 

This episode's featured orgs, and ways WE can become the helpers:

• Hike It Baby: https://hikeitbaby.com/
• Donate blood: https://www.redcross.org/give-blood.html

This week, Bailey is going solo to talk about NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and the near-fatal mistake that almost turned a $4.7 billion dollar space telescope into the world's largest, and most expensive tin can. 

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Resources in this episode:

• https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubbles-mirror-flaw
• https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/what-was-wrong-with-hubble-mirror-how-was-it-fixed/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Origin_of_the_problem

This week, Madison tells Bailey about a devastating industrial disaster that cost thousands of lives and brought environmental devastation to Bhopal.

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Resources in this episode:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdyBy2s9I5c 
• https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/28/world/the-bhopal-disaster-how-it-happened.html 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster#Acute_effects 

This week, Madison educates Bailey about tea dances and walkway collapses with the help of a very special guest, civil and geotechnical engineer Dillon Self. A BIG thank you to Dillon for lending your expertise to this week's episode.

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Resources in this episode:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse 
• https://timeline.com/hyatt-regency-skywalk-failure-8240bff34fa6 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnvGwFegbC8 

This week, Madison tells Bailey about the Chicago boat disaster that killed more passengers than the Titanic. Listen and learn all about the Eastland disaster!

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Resources in this episode:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Humjr_a8Cps 
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eastland-disaster-killed-more-passengers-titanic-and-lusitania-why-has-it-been-forgotten-180953146/ 
• http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/history/excursion-picnic 

This week, Madison tells Bailey about living through the 2020 Derecho (aka big land hurricane) that everyone forgot. Learn more about the calamity that claimed lives, caused tens of millions of dollars in damage, yet you probably never heard about. 

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Resources in this episode:

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/17/iowa-derecho-damage-cost/ 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2020_Midwest_derecho