For this assignment, we were required to pick a natural hazard event from anywhere around the world and research it. I wanted to choose something unique, interesting, and something no one else would write about. I wanted my hazard to be something I was interested in writing about and researching. Asteroid impacts were considered natural hazards, but they were rare and we never touched upon them in class. From there, I immediately thought about the dinosaurs and how they went extinct from an asteroid impact. It was a natural hazard that ended up bringing about the destruction and extinction of an entire species! The thought about writing on this topic intrigued me, and I went with it. I love dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, and the thought that I could put my own interests in a paper not initially intended for them made me want to write about it more. The research took much longer than expected, but the end product turned out to my satisfaction.
