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Catastrophes, calamities, crises and disasters—man-made or natural— awaiting their 15 minutes of fame, and what, if anything, you might do to prepare for, or deal with, them
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Baghdad Burning
Baghdad Burning This has absolutely nothing to do with your survival, unless you live in Iraq, but every American (at least) should be reading it  Asteroids and Comets (The bumping against the Earth kind) Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards NASA B612 Foundation Goal is to be able to significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015 Comets NASA Is Earth in Danger of Being Hit by an Asteroid? NASA Late, Great Planet Earth, The Investigate Magazine Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking NASA Spaceguard International, private organization that observes and tracks Near-Earth Objects (NEOs): asteroids and comets that could represent a threat to the Earth's ecosystem in case of an impact Torino Scale Asteroid danger scale  Earthquakes (What if The Big One later turns out to have been The Small One?) Earthquake Hazards Program USGS Earthquakes U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Earthquakes Extensive information from the San Francisco Chronicle Do's and Don'ts Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country Make your own preparedness kit Make your home safe Earthquake Preparation Red Cross Earthquakes U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Restless Planet, The: Earthquakes From PBS television's Savage Earth series Syzygy Earthquake prediction online Yahoo - Earthquakes and Volcanoes News stories  Economic Crash Great Depression, The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Greatest Market Crashes of History From tulip bulb to dot.com Stock Market Crash PBS Urban Survival.com Anticipating economic collapse - long wave economic news  Floods Floods U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Floods National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Flood and Flash Flood Preparation Red Cross Map of Flood and High Flow Conditions U.S. Geological Survey  Gas (Methane) Hydrates (Hah! Here's one we bet you hadn't been worrying about. Well, you can now.) Civilization Could End in a Giant Methane Belch Toronto Globe and Mail Gas (Methane) Hydrates—A NEw Frontier U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Methane Hydrate R&D Program U.S. Dept. of Energy Gas Hydrate Studies USGS Methane Hydrates Could Strongly Amplify Global Warming Greenpeace  Global Warming (Resulting in at least five other calamities) A Modest Proposal to Save the Planet Contraction and Convergence—Decreasing global emissions of carbon dioxide with justice and fairness Abrupt Climate Change Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Apocalypse Now: How Mankind is Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth - Are We on the Brink of a New "Little Ice Age"? - Ocean Monitoring Systems - Should We Be Worried Climate From Columbia University's Earth Institute EPA Global Warming Site U.S. Environmental Protection Agency How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age By Thom Hartmann Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme Pentagon Abrupt Climate Change Study - Global Business Network comments with link to PDF file  Gulf Stream Shutdown (When the new European summer looks a lot like the old European winter—on a bad day) Gulf Stream Shutdown Comprehensive metadirectory of information on Gulf Stream Shutdown—websites, articles, books, news  Hail Hail National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hail National Weather Service Hailstorms Chase Day  Heat Waves Extreme Heat FEMA Heat Wave Preparation Red Cross  Hurricanes and Typhoons (If you live in Florida, you may have heard of these) The terms "hurricane" and "typhoon" are regionally specific names for a strong "tropical cyclone". Tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of less than 39 mph are called "tropical depressions" Once the tropical cyclone reaches winds of at least 39 mph they are typically called a "tropical storm" and assigned a name. If winds reach 74 mph), they are called: "hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E) "typhoon" (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline) "severe tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90E) "severe cyclonic storm" (the North Indian Ocean) "tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Indian Ocean) Frequently Asked Questions NOAA Hurricane Preparation Red Cross Hurricanes NOAA Hurricanes U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hurricanes U.S. Geological Survey National Hurricane Center U.S.National Weather Service  Landslides Landslides FEMA Landslides U.S. Geological Survey  Lightning Lightning NOAA A Lightning Primer NASA How Lightning Works How Stuff Works Lightning Safety National Weather Service  Nuclear War (Use 'em or lose 'em. U.S., U.K., Russia, France, Israel, Iran, India, Pakistan, China, North Korea—join the club) Effects of a Global Thermonuclear War Effects of Nuclear War Federation of American Scientists Exposing the U.S. Nuclear War Plan National Resources Defense Council Helen Caldicott Long-time advocate for disarmament International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Activist anti-nuclear group List of Countries with Nuclear Weapons Wikipedia Nuclear War Survival Skills Free online book Nuclear Warfare Wikipedia Nuclear Weapon Archive A guide to nuclear weapons Nuclearfiles.org Everything you need to know about nuclear age history  Peak Oil The world's societies are needing more and more oil. We're about to be producing less and less. Do the reasoning DryDipstick This site will direct you to everything you need to know about Peak Oil. News and commentary, websites, books, articles, VDDs, Internet forums, community groups  Pestilence (Noticed any interesting new diseases lately?) Bird Flu Protection Coming Plague, The Book by award-winning writer Laurie Garrett on newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance Dead Zone, The Seven bodies buried in the Artic tundra might solve the riddle of the worst flu pandemic in history -- and might help us prevent it from happening again Influenza 1918 PBS Influenza Pandemic of 1918, The Influenza Pandemics Centers for Disease Control (CDC) List of Epidemics / Pandemics Wikipedia Next Influenza Panic, The Article by pediatrician Pandemic Influenza U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services Pandemics and Pandemic Scares in the 20th Century U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services Plagues and People Book on the influence of infectious diseases on the course of history Spanish Flu Wikipedia |
 Sea Level Rise (See Global Warming) (Ever noticed how the majority of people live right on the coasts and rivers?) Thoughts Should all of the Greenland ice sheet ever thaw, the meltwater could raise sea level 21 feet and swamp the world's coastal cities, home to a billion people. It would cause higher tides, generate more powerful storm surges and, by altering ocean currents, drastically disrupt the global climate (more) Should the Antarctic ice sheet totally melt, it could raise sea levels more than 60 meters (more than 200 feet) (more) Alliance of Small Island States Coalition of small island and low-lying coastal countries Climate Ark Climate Change Portal Drowned World, The Global warming and sea level rise - From The Guardian Effects of Sea Level Rise Interactive online maps showing the effects worldwide of a sea level rise of up to 14 meters. El Niño Sea-Level Rise Wreaks Havoc in California's San Francisco Bay Region USGS Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise The cost of holding back the sea Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise: America Starts to Prepare Adapting to global warming Potential Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Populations and Agriculture U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Rising Sea Level Forcing Evacuation of Island Country Earth-Policy.org Sea Level Home Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Sea Level Rise Reports U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Small Islands, Big Stakes Facing Major Challenges, Island Nations Seek Stronger Support from the World Community That Sinking Feeling Their island nation on the verge of disappearing due to sea level rise, citizens of Tuvalu prepare for repatriation Threat of Sea Level Rise Greenpeace Warming Ocean = Rising Ocean? WhyFiles.org  Thunderstorms Thunderstorms FEMA Thunderstorms NOAA Thunderstorms Red Cross  Tornadoes Hurricanes vs. Tornados NOAA Tornadoes NOAA Tornado Frequently Asked Questions NOAA Tornado Preparations Red Cross Tornado Project Private company with extensive tornado information Tornadoes are Earth's Most Violent Storms USA Today article  Tsunamis (Probably connected with Earthquakes and Volcanos, although breaking ice sheets are also a candidate) Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre Europe's leading multidisciplinary academic hazard research center Natural Hazards NASA Natural Hazards.org Education and research for a safer planet Scientists Warn Of Massive Tidal Wave From Canary Island Volcano Rense.com Tsunami University of Washington Tsunamis & Earthquakes United States Geological Survey Tsunami Research Group University of Southern California Tsunamis WhyFiles.org Tsunamis U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Tsunamis USGS Tsunamis NOAA Tsunami Research Program U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tsunamis, Tidal Waves and Flooding Crystalinks.com Tsunami Society Research organization Waves of Destruction: Tsuanmis From PBS television's Savage Earth series  Volcanoes (Noticed an increase of eruptions lately?) Is the Super Volcano Beneath Yellowstone Ready to Blow? Museum of Unatural Mystery Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam Updates every five minutes Out of the Inferno: Volcanos From PBS television's Savage Earth series Volcano Hazards Program United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Alaska Volcano Observatory - Cascades Volcano Observatory - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory - Long Valley Observatory - Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Yellowstone Volcano: Is "the Beast" Building to a Violent Tantrum? National Geographic magazine Volcano Live Over 4,000 pages of information from an Australian volcanologist Volcano World University of North Dakota Volcanoes of the World Smithsonian Institution Yahoo - Volcanoes and Earthquakes News stories  War "War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses...I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism." Full text General Smedley Butler, U.S. Marine Corps, 1933 - Two-time winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor War is a Racket Short online book by General Smedley Butler Smedley Butler on Interventionism Excerpt from a 1933 speech Iraq Body Count Civilians reported killed by U.S. military invasion of Iraq Cost of War in Iraq Running meter from national Priorities Project Flashpoints Guide to world conflicts New and Recent Conflicts of the World The History Guy United Nations Peacekeeping U.N. website An ABC of American Interventions - by country CounterPunch A Century of U.S. Military Interventions Zmag History of U.S. Military Interventions since 1890 - From Wounded Knee to Haiti Dr. Zoltan Grossman Major Wars of Medieval and Modern Times 1066-1774 1775-1945 1946- American Civil War Homepage Civil War Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War The Great War PBS World War I Second World War World War II BBC World War II World War II Wikipedia Vietnam War Crimes of War Project Collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars Institute for War and Peace Reporting Strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict This is War Horrifying, and very real, photographs of the results of war War Resisters League Committed to eliminating war and the causes of war War Wikipedia War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning The appeal of war to the human psyche - by foreign correspondent Chris Hedges What Every Person Should Know About War A practical question and answer manual about war - by Chris Hedges  Water Shortages / Drought (It's not just in Africa, and not just due to drought. Could lead to wars, though. Maybe corporate wars, since water systems around the planet are being privatized) Bolivia Water Privatization Bechtel Surrenders in Bolivia Water Revolt Case - from Earth Justice.org Connection, The: Water and Energy Security From the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security Corporate Water Privatization Sierra Club Desertification USGS DroughtWatch Map of below normal 7-day average streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year Fluid Dynamics A debate on water privatization Global Water Shortage Looms In New Century University of Arizona Privatization Tidal Wave IMF/WorId Bank Water Policies and the Price Paid by the Poor UN warns of looming water crisis BBC News Water Earth Justice.org Water Barons, The The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Water for Profit How multinationals are taking control of a public resource Water Privatization in Nicaragua Quixote Center Water Resources of the United States USGS Water - The Dark Side of Natural Resources Global Policy.org WaterWatch Map of real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year (United States) World Water Crisis BBC News Other LinksDieoffA population crash resource page Earth Policy Institute Dedicated to an environmentally sustainable economy The Last Americans Environmental Collapse and the End of Civilization by Jared Diamond Local Energy A Santa Fe site advocating community energy self-reliance NEON National Ecological Observatory Network - from the National Science Foundation Permaculture Activist, The North America's leading permaculture periodical offering articles on permaculture design, edible landscaping, bioregionalism, aquaculture, natural building, earthworks, renewable energy, and much more Plan B Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble - From Lester R. Brown and the Earth Policy Institute Time Bomb 2000 A world events forum where Y2K never ends |