A good place to start is with CU's own Natural Hazards Center

(you can also visit their hardcopy library at IBS #4)

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/web/

Take a look at several erthquake "shaking table" videos starting with this web page:

http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/ShakeZone.htm

And don't miss Mt. Ste. Helens, at:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

Here are links to the articles that give you analysis of hurricane and flood loss over time in the U.S.:

Pielke, et al., 2008: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-2476-2008.02.pdf

Downton et al., 2005: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-487-2005.16.pdf