Unless you’ve been living in a cave on Mars with your fingers stuck in your ears you’ve no doubt read/heard/seen the doomsayers predicting the end of the world the moment the Large Hadron Collider is switched on. What’s interesting is that doomsayers are nothing new. The Times has compiled a list of 30 days when [...]

What 2006 could bring? Here are just some possibilities based on trends set in 2005: An earlier start to the hurricane season Earlier appearance of powerful hurricanes Later end to the hurricane season Increased threats to Europe/Africa from atlantic hurricanes More tornadoes Increased high rainfall/flooding/drought Increased risk from global pandemics Stay tuned to WorldwideDisasters.com for [...]

Worried about cosmic wipeout?  It seems that there is very little reason to be if calculations by MIT and Oxford University published by in New Scientist are correct: Earthlings can rest easy. The likelihood of a doomsday scenario in which Earth is destroyed in a freak astrophysical catastrophe is remote – about once in a [...]

Director of Homeland Security, Steve McCraw, has released a 3-day plan to allow the orderly return of evacuees to the greater Houston area. This plan won’t be enforced at any level, it’s a recommendation to minimize congestion: SUNDAY: Return of those living west of Interstate-45 and north of Interstate-10. MONDAY: Return of evacuees living west [...]

The Department of Homeland Security conjures up crazy notions that terrorists might exploit a hurricane to cause more death and destruction. Example of US tax payers money being badly spent and proper priorities not being set by ignoring the real risks and applying a glossy “movie-plot” risk overlay.