1. Provide a description of the type of extreme event (for example: Hurricane, Floods ).
– How rare was it?
– What made the event so impactful?
– Do not write Hurricane Sandy 2012.
2. Provide the historical context of the event
– Country, region, and/or city impacted
– People and groups impacted
– What was the societal preparedness plans or
awareness at the time, if any?
3. Provide some background on how the location and communities were impacted.
– Destroyed infrastructure
– Fatalities
– Complete change of landscapes
4. Provide some information on how the community or communities learned, or did not learn, from the event.
– Did they set up new preparedness or mitigation plans?
– Have they experienced a similar event since?
– Did it change the culture of the region?
– Did it drastically lead to societal change
5. Encouraged to select events outside of the recent past, including events during ancient times leading to the collapse of societies or events over 100 years ago before technological advancements in predicting the weather.