DISASTERS
(See also Act of God; Calamities; Relief [For People in Need])
“act of God”: w81 6/15 13, 15; g64 11/8 10; yb62 263; g62 5/8 29; g60 7/8 5-6; g55 10/22 25-26; w52 636
aid to survivors:
misguided aid: g79 1/22 29
avalanches: g81 3/8 31; g70 3/22 30; g65 7/22 30; g64 5/8 29; g62 2/22 29; g61 6/22 24; g59 2/8 17-18; g51 5/22 26-27; g47 2/8 15-16
Bible view of: w81 6/15 13-15; g76 5/8 9
bombings:
Australia: g85 11/22 9-13
causes: w74 735; w62 262; w60 672; g60 7/8 5-7; g60 7/22 19; g56 10/22 10-11; g55 6/22 12; g55 10/22 25-26; w52 636; w51 297-298; w44 13-14; w30 135-136
weather system called El Niño: g84 4/22 29
cloudburst: g72 7/22 29; g64 7/22 30; g49 5/22 27-28
crater: g71 7/22 21-22
cyclones: yb84 12; w78 2/15 7; g75 3/22 24-26; g71 1/8 29; g69 7/8 30-31; g68 7/8 31; g66 2/8 29; g65 2/22 30; g65 7/22 30; g61 12/22 29
droughts: w83 8/15 11; g83 9/8 29; g83 10/8 29-30; g81 3/22 30; g76 10/22 29; w74 196; g74 3/8 5-7; g74 10/8 3; g71 5/22 31; g71 7/8 29; g68 1/22 30; g68 10/8 30; g56 4/8 14-15; g35 5/8 495
Africa: w85 10/15 21
Zimbabwe: yb85 222-223
dust storms: g36 9/23 825; g35 8/14 730; g35 8/28 749
earthquakes: yb84 151; g83 9/8 29-30; yb82 73-76; w81 3/15 11; yb81 51-52, 103-105; g81 3/8 29; g81 5/22 20-22, 29; g80 2/8 23; g80 3/22 29; g80 10/8 20-21; w79 2/1 11; yb79 222-225; g79 9/8 29; g77 1/8 13-16; g77 2/22 5-11; g77 3/8 11; g77 8/8 29; w76 231; g76 5/8 3-9; g76 8/22 8-11; km 4/76 1; km 7/76 4; g75 2/22 29; g75 11/8 30; w74 72-74; w74 243; w74 318; g74 5/8 16-19; w73 95-96; w73 134-135; tp73 83; g73 2/8 29; g73 2/22 30; g73 3/8 12-16; g73 6/22 30; g73 10/22 30; yb72 66; g72 6/8 29; w71 298; ad 477-478; g71 3/22 29; g71 4/8 8-11; g71 7/22 21-22; w70 270; g70 5/8 29-30; g70 7/8 29; g70 8/8 16-20; g70 9/8 29; g69 4/8 31; g69 5/22 30; g69 11/8 31; g69 12/8 29; g68 1/22 29; g68 2/22 29; g68 4/8 29; g68 7/8 31; g68 9/8 29; g68 10/8 30; g67 2/8 29; g67 3/22 30; g67 4/8 31; g67 5/8 30; g67 9/8 30-31; g67 10/8 30; g66 3/22 29; g66 4/22 29; g66 7/8 30; g66 8/22 29; g66 10/8 30; g66 11/22 30; g66 12/22 22-24; g65 6/22 29; g65 10/8 16; g64 4/8 29; g64 6/22 17-20; g64 8/8 30; g64 8/22 29; g64 12/8 31; g63 4/8 29; g63 9/22 29; g62 9/22 29; g62 10/22 29; g62 11/8 21-23; w61 628; yb61 197-198; g61 8/8 29; w60 672; g60 5/22 17-19; g60 7/22 16-19, 29; g60 12/22 12-15; g59 10/8 30; w58 635; pa 183; gr 24; g58 8/8 24; g57 9/22 16; w56 614; g56 3/8 7; g56 8/8 24; g55 4/22 16; g55 6/22 12; g54 8/22 24; nh 249; g53 10/8 25; g53 12/8 21-23; g53 12/22 17-20; lg 255; w51 201-204; g49 10/8 21-24; g46 11/22 17-18; tf 290; g43 8/18 27-28; g43 11/10 6, 21-23; g39 11/15 18; g36 9/23 826; g35 8/28 750; g32 7/6 622-623
China: w78 1/15 10
Jamaica: yb85 72
preparation in Japan for future: g80 5/22 30
experiences:
aid from Witnesses: yb75 209-210; g75 3/22 26; g74 6/8 10; g74 7/22 30; g74 12/22 24-26; km 11/74 1; w73 95-96; w73 134-135; g73 3/8 13-14, 16; g73 6/22 15; yb72 99-100, 179, 225-226, 253; g72 8/8 26; g72 8/22 15-16; g70 8/8 17-20; g70 12/22 19; g69 4/8 19; g69 11/8 23-25; w68 37-38; yb67 78, 248; g67 6/8 29; g66 6/8 18-19; g65 12/8 23-24
explosions: g78 1/22 29; g65 7/22 30; g64 10/22 30; g56 10/22 9-11
suburb of Mexico City (1984): g85 3/8 24-26
famine:
Ethiopia: g85 3/8 29
firecrackers: g80 4/8 29-30
fires: g84 9/22 11; g80 4/22 19; g77 4/22 30; g76 3/22 30; g74 4/8 31; g73 1/22 30; g72 2/8 12-16; g72 4/8 29; g71 11/22 3; g71 12/8 13-16; g70 12/22 16-20; g67 3/22 31; g67 7/8 29; g67 8/8 23-25; g67 9/8 29; g67 11/8 29; g66 5/22 31; g66 6/8 3-4; g64 2/8 29; g63 12/22 25-26; g62 2/22 21-23; g61 2/8 30; g61 6/22 13; g61 8/22 20-22; g61 11/22 8-9; g61 12/22 29; g60 3/22 10; g60 11/22 30; g54 6/8 19-21; g44 1/5 23
Australia’s bushfires: g83 5/22 29; g83 10/22 19-20
from use of gasoline for cleaning: g77 1/22 30
Hotel Margaret (Brooklyn): g80 6/22 25-27; g80 12/22 26
Japan: g78 3/8 30
London’s Great Fire: g78 7/8 23
Nigeria: g85 5/8 15-17
floods: yb85 101-102; g82 2/22 30; yb79 220; g79 8/8 11-13; g77 10/22 21-23; w76 655; g74 5/22 7-8, 29; g74 7/8 24-26; g74 12/22 21-26; yb73 21; g73 6/22 14-17; g73 10/22 30; yb72 99-100, 178-179; g72 4/8 29; g72 6/22 30-31; g72 8/8 24-26, 29; w71 298; g71 5/8 29; g70 10/22 30; g69 1/8 29; g69 4/8 17-19; g69 9/8 23; g68 1/8 29; g68 1/22 16; g68 9/22 29; g68 11/22 30; yb67 244; g67 2/8 24-26; g67 2/22 29; g67 3/22 30; g67 9/22 31; g67 11/8 9-13; g67 11/22 29; g66 2/22 30; g66 3/22 17-19; g66 4/8 29; g66 6/8 17-19, 29; g66 7/22 29; g66 8/8 29; g66 9/22 24; g66 10/22 16; g66 11/8 29; g66 12/22 29; g65 2/8 31; g65 6/8 26; g65 9/8 29-30; g64 5/8 29; g64 6/8 5; g64 7/22 30; g64 8/8 30; g64 8/22 30; g64 9/8 19; g64 11/22 31; g62 4/8 29; g62 5/22 21-24; g62 10/22 29; g62 11/22 29; g62 12/8 12-14; g61 11/8 20-23; g60 2/22 16-20; g59 8/8 8-11; g56 6/22 21-24; g54 9/8 24; g53 4/22 13-16; g53 11/8 17-20; g50 1/22 27-28; g50 9/8 26-28; g49 4/8 17-19; g49 5/22 27-28; g37 6/30 616; g31 11/25 121; g30 7/23 694
Korea, Republic of (South) (1984): w85 4/15 22
Madagascar: g83 1/8 27
Spain: g83 12/8 25-27
Taiwan: w85 2/1 29-30
Teton Dam rupture: g76 11/8 5-8; km 9/76 2
United States: g83 7/8 14-15
food poisoning: g68 2/8 26-27
footbridge collapse: g82 7/8 30
fumes from mixed cleaning chemicals: g75 12/22 30
gas leaks:
Bhopal, India: g85 3/22 20-23
Guyana:
Jonestown: w79 3/1 19; w79 5/15 3-6; w79 8/1 26
hurricanes: w83 11/1 28-30; g83 5/8 14-15; g79 12/22 17-19; g76 6/22 24-25; g74 12/22 21-26; yb72 143; g72 8/22 13-16; w71 611; w70 606; g69 10/8 30; g69 11/8 22-25; w68 37-38; g67 1/8 25-26; g67 11/8 29; g66 2/22 30; g66 7/22 30; g65 10/22 29; g65 12/8 20-24; g64 6/8 5; g64 11/8 31; g63 2/22 21-24; g62 1/22 13-14; g61 8/22 17; g61 11/8 29-30; g61 12/22 29; g60 10/22 30; g60 11/22 30; g59 2/8 4; g59 6/22 24-26; g55 1/22 24; g55 12/22 9-12; g52 9/22 12; g51 2/8 9-12; g51 11/22 5-7; g48 2/22 17-20; g39 3/22 16
Jamaica: yb85 96
increase in numbers of natural: g84 10/22 29
increasingly man-made: g85 4/8 30
industrial: g85 3/8 30; g85 3/22 20-23
landslides: g79 11/8 25-26; g72 8/8 29; g66 9/22 24; g66 12/8 30; g64 6/8 29; g63 11/22 29; g57 11/8 8
looting victims: g74 6/8 10; w68 388; g66 6/8 18; g63 5/8 9-11
mine: g63 1/22 29; g63 12/22 29; g62 3/22 29; g62 5/8 13-15; g57 2/22 20; g56 12/8 17-19; w52 636
mud slides: g80 7/22 15; yb79 223-224
new system of things: go 8-9; w60 672; g60 7/22 19; g60 10/22 7
not fate: ts 10-12
not retribution for sins: g74 5/22 8
people unite during: w71 298
plane crashes: g85 12/8 30; g80 9/8 20-21; g65 4/8 30-31; g64 1/22 30; g63 1/22 30; g63 3/22 30; g62 8/8 29; g61 2/8 29-30; g61 4/8 29
railroads: g81 9/8 30; g77 4/8 23; g64 2/22 30; g62 2/8 29-30; g62 2/22 29; g62 4/8 30; g62 6/22 30; g62 9/22 29; g61 8/8 29; g54 2/8 30; g54 3/22 24
rock concert in Cincinnati: g80 3/8 31
sea: g72 2/8 12-16; g67 1/8 25-26; g67 2/22 25-26; g67 9/8 29; g66 1/8 31; g66 5/22 31; g66 6/8 3-4; g66 9/22 9-10; g65 1/22 30; g65 7/22 30; g64 4/8 30
North Sea hotel platform “Alexander L. Kielland”: g80 9/22 13-16
Papua New Guinea: g78 1/8 22-26
sinking of Nazi liner Wilhelm Gustloff: g78 5/22 16-20
Titanic: g81 10/22 3-12; g59 2/8 6; w58 497
statistics: w60 712; g48 2/22 23; w30 28
tidal waves: g77 1/8 13-16; g76 4/8 11-12; g71 1/8 29; g65 2/22 30; g64 7/8 20; g63 7/22 30; g60 7/22 18-19; g60 12/8 30; g57 5/22 16; g53 12/22 20
tornadoes: g80 4/22 30; g74 1/8 31; g74 4/22 31; g74 6/8 8-10; g74 7/22 30; yb72 100; g70 6/22 30; g68 7/8 31; g67 6/8 29; g66 4/8 31; g66 5/22 3-4; g66 7/22 30; g65 6/8 24-26; g65 6/22 29; g63 4/8 17-20
typhoons: w79 8/1 23; g77 11/22 13-15; g76 6/22 24-26; g76 9/8 13-15; g71 10/22 29; g69 10/8 30; g69 11/22 29; g68 5/22 29; yb67 235; g67 8/22 30; g66 11/8 30; g65 9/8 30; g65 11/8 31; g64 8/22 30; g64 11/8 31; g63 1/8 21-23; g63 6/22 30; g62 1/22 14; g62 9/22 29; g62 10/22 29; g62 12/22 29; g59 1/8 17-19; g59 12/8 16-20; g57 10/22 17-19; g55 1/22 20; g52 4/22 21-23
volcanic eruptions: yb83 17; g83 2/8 26-27; g81 3/8 31; g81 5/22 30; g81 7/22 19; w80 12/1 3-4, 6-7; g80 1/8 30; g80 10/22 12-16; g79 5/8 30; g79 7/22 24-26; g75 12/22 4-5; g73 3/22 30-31; g73 5/22 19-20; yb72 177-178; g71 2/8 20; g68 9/8 29; g68 11/8 24-26; g68 12/8 20-23; g66 7/8 30-31; g65 11/22 29; g65 12/22 17-19; g64 5/8 29; g64 6/8 5; g64 11/8 8-10; g63 5/8 29; w62 425; g60 3/8 20; g60 6/8 17-19; g55 7/22 20; g52 4/8 17-19; g51 6/22 13-16; g50 4/22 11-12; g49 4/8 17-19; g43 9/29 27-28
warnings: w68 41; g66 1/8 5; g64 6/8 5-7; w63 543; g62 1/22 14-15; g62 5/22 24
heeded (example): w77 232
unheeded (examples): w80 12/1 3-4, 6-7; w78 2/15 7; w78 8/1 7; w77 232; w77 358; w76 655
windstorms: g63 7/22 30