The Wall Street Journal has compiled data from FDIC to create an interactive map showing the 77 bank failures the US has experiences since the beginning of 2008. It animates in time so that you can see when the banks fail, and the size of the overlaid circle indicates the size of the failed bank. It’s fully interactive and connected with detailed information lower down the page.
Randall Hand
Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.