We know first hand the effects of natural disasters here in New York City. Now, an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History is giving visitors an up close view of them—in a controlled environment. NY1′s Bree Driscoll filed this report.
Build your own volcano, or get a 360-degree view of what it looks like in a tornado.
It’s all part of Nature’s Fury, a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
“It is about the science of natural disasters. And it’s all about understanding this very dynamic earth of ours,” says curator Jenny Newell.
The exhibition feeds on our curiosity with natural disasters.
“I think it is a natural fascination with exactly the things they have no control over but also what happens to other people,” one visitor says.
“I just think it is amazing—the power of Mother Nature on display here,” another says.
“How the lava flows inside,” says another.
Part of this exhibition focuses on Hurricane Sandy and its impact on our area. It includes an interactive map which lets you explore the storm’s damage neighborhood by neighborhood.
For the Bertouch family, that part of the exhibit brought a lot of memories flooding back—of the night their daughter was born.
“Sophie was due to be born on the 30th, which is obviously the night the hurricane hit so we were evacuated from our apartment in TriBeCa which is in the flood zone,” Bertouch says.
Little Sophie ended up being born in a hospital with no power.
Driscoll: “What happened? It just brought you back to that night?”
Sally Bertouch: “Yeah. I had a baby in storm and I never really noticed our cared. I had a baby and that was life and then all of a sudden I am standing here.”
If you’d like to check it out yourself, the exhibit runs through next summer.
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