DEADLIESTU.S.DISASTERS--TOPFIFTYWayneBlanchard,Ph.D.,CEM,FEMAEmergencyManagementHigherEducationProgramManagerSeptember21,2008UpdateInfluenzaPandemic,September1918–April1919--<675,000(Armstrong,--675,000(Billings)--675,000(Redican)--<600,000(PBS)--<500,000(Pocock)--~500,000(HHS2004)Smallpox,1775-1782--<130,000(Fenn)InfluenzaEpidemic,1957--70,000(JohnsHopkins)--70,000(Armstrong)--~69,800(HHS2004)InfluenzaEpidemic,1968--38,800(HHS2004)--28,000(Armstrong)YellowFever,1878,MississippiValley--<13,000(Pocock)GalvestonHurricane,1900--6K-12,000(Hess;CNN)--8K–12,000(Larson,1998)--8,000(Blake)Authorsnotethatdeaths“Couldbeashighas12,000.”(p.7,Table2Notea)--6,000-8,000(Pocock)CholeraEpidemic,1849-51,Midwest--<11,000(Daly)Dr.Dalywritesthat“Inthe1849-51outbreak,St.Louislost4,557,Cincinnati5,969,andDetroit700.Ineachoutbreak,deathstotaled5-10%ofthepopulation.”HeatWave/Drought(June-Sep1980)Central/EastUS--10,000(Lott&Ross)-->1,300(Karl&Quayle,1981)HeatWave(Summer1988,central/easternU.S--~5K-10,000NCDC2007)--7,500(Lott/Ross,NCDC2005)YellowFever,NewOrleans,1853--7,790(Pocock)CholeraEpidemic,1832--<7,000(Pocock)Polio,1916--<7,000(Pocock)Polio,1949-1952--<6,000(Pocock)YellowFever,Philadelphia,1793--<5,000(Pocock;SteffanoSteffano-Davis,andothers,havenotedthat“Inthreemonths,some5,000residentsdied…”(p.13;citingPernick1972))--~4,000(PBS)YellowFever,NewOrleans,1867--3,093(Pocock)SanFranciscoEarthquakeandFire,1906--<3,000(Hansen)--~3,000(USGS,2008)--3,000(Spignesi,140)--700-800(NOAA1972)--<500(Pocock)--498(Greely1906)9/11TerroristAttacks,2001--<3,000(9/11Com.)SEFL/GreatOkeechobeeHurricaneandFlood,1928--2,500-3,000(Blake)--1,836(BarnesBarneswrites“…atleast1,836deadinFlorida,aswellasanother1,575intheCaribbean.Atthetimeofthecatastrophe,manyinSouthFloridasaidtheactualdeathcounttherewasover2,300;somesayitmayhavebeenashighas3,500…”(pp.127-28);Larson,1998)JohnstownFlood,1889