Disastrous History
@disastroushistory
The guy that talks a lot about disasters, history, and other things. If you’re here for exclusively disasters, I’m sorry ahead of time.
A fast moving wildfire has entered Spokane, Washington today August 1, 2026. It is being pushed by 20-30 mph sustained winds with 50+ mph gusts. It has already jumped the Spokane River and is moving through the northwest suburbs. Brown line is heat sig. red is most recent jump.
At least one large tornado has been observed today July 31, 2026 in the Santa Fe province of Argentina. The entire Buenos Aires area is under a further tornado watch as more severe storms move through the area. South American severe season is busy the past two days.
We got *some* new information about the burnover incident in June that killed 4 wildland firefighters in Colorado. It’s a basic timeline but still leaves a ton of questions about why they were there in the first place. Second photo is the general vicinity of where they were.
Which also tracks considering it mostly damaged already existing weak points in the structure. Will be interesting to see what comes out of the official investigation.
The propane confined to the second floor makes the most sense. Pretty easy as long as there’s no major vertical openings. There’s also very little to no visible flames and no post explosion fire damage. This means it was closer to the lower explosive limit range.
It’s universal across the building at a much faster rate than a dust explosion. It’s a brand new mall that was only open about a month. Unlikely to have enough dust in air across that much of the building to cause an explosion that large even after an earthquake.
This explosion in a Japanese mall about an hour after the major earthquake there earlier this week has fascinated me. It’s not a collapse as there’s too much outward force and debris flight for that. It’s universal across the building at an incredibly fast rate.
A strong tornado that struck the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on July 28, 2026 has received a preliminary rating of an F3. It is being evaluated for a potential upgrade to an F4 which would make it the first F4 in the country since two struck on November 7, 2025.
I ordered a book on The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The book I ordered on the left. The book I received on the right.
This is the perfect development of a supercell tonight March 10, 2026 in Illinois and Indiana
An incredible example of a supercell in Oklahoma right now. You can see the hook and the velocity couplet in between the two blue lines.
Dungeon Crawler Carl didn’t lie to you. The Avondale Mine Disaster is real.
Slight brag on myself: I was called a standout history creator on TikTok
This is a photo from a natural gas house explosion (kind of) in Virginia earlier this week. There were a few injuries associated with it, none of them life threatening. This is an example of an upper explosive limit gas explosion and there are a number of things in the photo that provide evidence.
Pretty crazy growth from this wildfire today. Echo tops (plume height) in the neighborhood of 12-16k feet at the moment.
What is that oddly shaped storm south of Dodge City, Kansas right now? It’s actually a massive wildfire plume.
Is it time to give Mayfield the EF5 rating it (probably) deserved? After the Enderlin tornado received an EF5 rating due to the tossing of rail cars it’s a legitimate question.
"This may be death, but I'm ready." This is what Manchester United forward Billy Whelan said before climbing aboard British European Airways Flight 609 with the rest of the 1958 Manchester United squad for their third attempted takeoff from the Munich airport on February 6, 1958.
The first EF rated tornadoes occurred in Florida on February 2, 2007
Who would win the storm chasing battle? Math or grabbing dirt and watching it blow away while looking cool as hell and saying “we’ve got greenage”? It’s a really close battle
An incredible upper air sounding from the winter storm that struck the eastern United States near the end of January.
NOT A FORECAST - Explanation of the new hatching put out by the Storm Prediction Center
This is a real upper air sounding from Greensboro, North Carolina on January 25, 2026. This is one of the most insane inversions I’ve ever seen. The surface temperature was 16 Fahrenheit. Just about 3,000 feet above that the temperature was about 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
There’s a lot of discussion about the new SPC outlooks and if they are good or bad. I’m of the opinion that they are good and provide more information. I think it’ll take some extra explaining by those in weather communications. This is the new map. It is not a forecast.