Blogs about: Disasters

well, fuck.

jraemaldonado wrote 7 hours ago: hey! remember that play that’s robbed me of my friends and my sanity? yeah! i’m proud to … more →

Tags: Apple, brooding, Coffee, Computers, Final Draft, macbook, playwriting, Rewrites, Screenwriting

Living In Harm's Way

ihpa wrote 1 day ago: Today, more than half of the U.S. population lives in a coastal area. According to the US Census Bur … more →

Tags: Hurricane Protection, coastal population, Flash, hurricane, Hurricane Preparedness, Hurricane Protection Information, IBHS, IHPA, IHPA Member

Plans are for Losers3 comments

Emily wrote 1 day ago: I was just thinking how things rarely end up going according to plan. The simplest ideas can turn in … more →

Tags: Life, HOPE, Hopelessness, Loser, Plans

Contemplating a future idiocracy

bmoredlj wrote 1 day ago: I urge everyone who hasn’t to watch the Mike Judge (Office Space, King of the Hill) film call … more →

Tags: Art, Basketball, Business, Economics, Elections, film, Iowa, Oil, Politics

Survival Tips: documentation

dlsoucy wrote 2 days ago: Who and Where Are You? One of the first steps we need to take in order to get ourselves prepared is … more →

Tags: survival tip and strategies, Emergency preparedness, Emergency Supplies, Self-Sufficiency, survival

How's that Hopey Changey thingy workin' for ya?

Cantankerous Old White Guy wrote 2 days ago: … more →

Tags: 4th of July, American Politics, American workers, Anti-White, Barack Obama, Congress, Corrupt Politicians, Culture, democrat controlled cities

The Chronicle of the Bed

lbferrel wrote 2 days ago: the infamous bed Once upon a time, in a land not so far away (Queens), I Can’t Believe It’s Not Shak … more →

Tags: Theater, Producing, icbins, Acting, capitalism, Ikea, bed, Queens, Long Island City

An Interview with Rebecca Solnit

parulsehgal wrote 4 days ago: Paradise Found: PW talks with Rebecca Solnit by Parul Sehgal — Publishers Weekly, 6/29/2009 In … more →

Tags: interviews, Rebecca Solnit, Author Interviews, A Paradise Built in Hell, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, utopia

The Best of Times/The Worst of Times

s wrote 4 days ago: Thursday I lost my glasses on the way to work. I was wearing my Rx sunglasses, with my regular glass … more →

Tags: biking, Friends, Transportation, Sailing, water

Fiber City: Tokyo 2050

palmsundae wrote 4 days ago: Fiber City: Tokyo 2050 is a vision of the future of Tokyo with a radically new balance between natu … more →

Tags: Visionary, Nature, aging, Parks, Earthquake, Tokyo University, retrofit, Ohno Hidetoshi, Fiber City

Found Words - Man-Made Disasters

marginal prose wrote 5 days ago: I think my dad would offer a corollary — unless Jay is on the project to fix everything. … more →

Tags: found words, engineering failure, Man Made Disasters, Senior Staff

Found Words - Man-made disasters

marginal prose wrote 5 days ago: I’ve found something similar in my foray into quantitative research methods: “Non-engine … more →

Tags: found words, Engineers, Rationality

Wedding insurance2 comments

erinfm wrote 5 days ago: Weddings are a first and foremost a celebration of a union.  After witnessing two people get marrie … more →

Tags: Planning a Wedding, broken engagements, LOST DEPOSITS, wedding, wedding deposits, wedding disasters, Wedding Insurance, wedding Planning

If the American people find out that this bill is about giving health care to non-citizens, they will rise up against it.

Cantankerous Old White Guy wrote 5 days ago: This article will scare you and make you mad as hell.  We can stop this! Here are a few nuggets : “I … more →

Tags: American Politics, American workers, Anti-White, Barack Obama, Congress, Corrupt Politicians, Crime, crime fighting, Culture

Part 1...Done

Jeffery Watts wrote 5 days ago: Well I just wanted to announce some progress. Part 1 of the Book is officially completed in outline … more →

Tags: Book Updates & Status, survival, Disaster Preparedness, murphy, book, Author, hurricane, survivalism

Car Crash4 comments

angryafrican wrote 5 days ago: It’s odd how we look at the problems of the world and just continue to live our daily lives. … more →

Tags: accident, Africa, aid, Car Crash, Cars, Culture, death, development, Dictators

Complex Aid

edvmedia wrote 5 days ago: Most of us are aware of the reports out of Sri Lanka in the wake of the recent war.  The conflict fo … more →

Tags: General Reflection, Current Events, humanitaria aid, Natural Disasters, Challenges, Charities, Non-profits, Sri Lanka, internally displaced persons

Grand Canyon airplane disaster, June 30, 1956

Ed Darrell wrote 5 days ago: This is completely an encore post from a year ago today; still thinking about those airplanes and th … more →

Tags: Airplanes, History, Transportation, Travel, 1956, Air Safety, airplane crashes, Aviation, Grand Canyon

There Are Too Many 3rd World Issues To Pretend to Care About

maxlance1 wrote 6 days ago: Your military coup lost out to the guy that did the Thriller video Something happened in Honduras to … more →

Tags: War, military, Honduras, Sumatra, 3rd world countries, third world, Poor People