Keywords: Natural disasters
Item 135796
Portland Society for Natural History building, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 79393
Flood on Main Street, Ridlonville, 1936
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made
"Natural disasters have plagued Hallowell throughout its history, but man-made disasters have impacted the city as well."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2
"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"
Story
What does a warming climate mean for Maine?
by David Reidmiller
Climate change affects all aspects of life. What does this mean for Maine?
Story
Sustainable Futures
by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Middlebury College
Climate change is the biggest thing humans have ever done. So we need to think big as we take it on.
