The month of March marks a grim anniversary for Southern California. On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, starting a flood that swept away many, many lives. This disaster was a pivotal moment in U.S. history, in that it forced policymakers to consider their role in ensuring public safety through adequate oversight.

4. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Welcome to Grey Skies &ndash; a podcast where you can learn about a disaster, what caused it, and how the world changed because of it. Oh, and how to prepare for and protect yourself from one just like it, because anxiety. 
Since I was a kid, I have been intrigued by everything that is far from your typical dinner table conversation: True crime, serial killers, the holocaust, and of course natural disasters. After a two year long valiant effort to get admitted into my university's motion picture college, I was sucked back into both the worlds of abnormal brains and of disasters (thank the lord). 
But after a certificate in Emergency Management &amp; Homeland Security, a bachelor's in Psychology, and a master's in International Disaster Management, I couldn't help but feel the overwhelming feeling of not knowing enough. Surely after researching a disaster and every bit of information that surrounds it, for weeks on end I will not only be smarter but also be able to survive a 100ft tsunami wave&hellip;right? 