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The Unthinkable

A subject guide for researching The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley. Designed for Amy McCaffree's Eng101 and Eng102 classes, Fall 2025.

Disasters

Hurricane damage to homes with residual flooding

Hurricanes

Windstorm with lots of dust clouds in the remote high desert

Windstorm

Black and white photo of cracked, jagged earth, broken roads, bent, awkwardly angled trees after an earthquake in Alaska.

Alaska Earthquake

Image of spiked Covid cells colored blue

Covid 19 Pandemic

Flood waters engulfing a car in a suburban neighborhood.

Flooding

Fire engulfing an entire house and surrounding trees.

LA Fires

Volcano erupting over an urban area

Volcanoes

Wildfires consuming trees in the wilderness.

Wildfires

AI generated image of cracked dry soil as a result of a drought. Also shows a tornado and dark, stormy skies.

Extreme Weather