Preparing for disaster involves many critical steps in planning and provisioning. It is also important to foster an awareness of current events, and an understanding of how they directly or indirectly impact our lives. Whether it’s an earthquake in China, tornados and flooding in the midwest, or a terrorist threat in Europe, this page will bring you relevant news, serving as a constant reminder that our lives can be dramatically affected by events that are geographically removed from our own day to day world. We select articles for you that illustrate at least these concepts:
- Disasters occur unexpectedly, with unexpected consequences, and the scope,severity, and duration cannot be gleaned from a single news source.
- We do not fully understand our world, and we do not control our environment.
- The government cannot be relied upon for protection, safety, or correct information; our nation is dangerously unprepared for the next disaster.
- Technology can fail, despite our best efforts.
- Privacy is a lost concept.
- We often fail to think through the consequences of our actions or inactions.
- There are people in the world who wish to harm us, and who are working hard to acquire the means to do so.
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Headlines are updated daily by 9:30 a.m. Central Time.
Today's Headlines
Sunday September 7, 2008
- Hurricane Ike at Cat 4; Packs Winds of 135 Mph
- Hurricane Ike Churns West, Triggers Fears
- US Eastern Seaboard Set For Storms
- The escalating breakdown of urban society across the US
- Mass rescue after monsoon flood in India
- Hanna death toll rises to 500 as storm nears hurricane status
- 200,000 civilians flee fighting in north Pakistan
- Japanese alarm at rise in Russian military activity
- Spreading H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance in Australia?
- Good Samaritan beaten to death escorting neighbor to car in Queens
- NASA chief: Odds grow for shuttle catastrophe
Past Headlines
Saturday September 6, 2008
- Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas
- Arctic Sees Massive Gain in Ice Coverage
- U.S. Food and Water Supply Poisoned by Perchlorate
- Solar Panels 'Take 100 Years to Pay Back Installation Costs'Solar Panels Take 100 Years to Break Even, Say Surveyors
- Yet Another Secret War
- Wilson row over green 'alarmists'
- Ebola Cell-invasion Strategy Uncovered
- Promising Method For Reducing MRSA Infections In Hospitals
- Global Warming: Warmer Seas Linked To Strengthening Hurricanes, According to New Research
Friday September 5, 2008
- Hanna Headed Toward Carolinas; Ike A Worry
- War Preps: Israel Building Underground Hospitals
- After New Orleans - would you move here?
- Storm surprised Baton Rouge
- Sarkozy warns Iran it risks 'catastrophe' of Israeli strike
- California "water bank" in works amid drought
- Clones' offspring may be in food supply: FDA
- Spy satellites could analyse shadows from space to help identify terrorists
- Fire retardant chemicals found in toddlers' blood
- Dual Citizenship for the Woolly Mammoth
- Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys
Thursday September 4, 2008
- Cat survives 70-mile trip under owner's truck
- Hanna Ready to Bust Loose
- Tropical quartet: 4 storms with more to come
- Spread of H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance
- Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps
- Pakistani PM Yousaf Raza Gilani survives assassination attempt
- Citrus Crops in U.S Under Siege From Unknown Bacterium
- Indian flood victims hunker down in camps
- Will it kill you? New charts detail the odds
- Earth Has Had Sharp Climatic Shifts In Past: Is Earth Nearing Another Tipping Point?
- Nuclear Shortcuts Exposed In U.S. Nuclear Fuel Facility
- 19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada
Wednesday September 3, 2008
- Gustav Causes Billions in Damage
- New Orleans mayor: Please don't come home yet
- Frustrated Evacuees Angry About Shelters
- Gustav evacuees grow weary in crowded shelters
- Chickenpox Vaccine Slashes Virus by 90 Percent
- EU, Dependent on Russian Energy, Balks at Georgia War Sanctions
- Alarm as nurse and dog are treated for bovine TB
- Saving Lives Through Smarter Hurricane Evacuations
- H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance At 100% in Honduras and Guatemala?
- Police Using G.P.S. Units as Evidence in Crimes
- New Interest in Warning System After Grand Canyon Flood
- Scientists sue to stop 'black hole' from sucking up Earth
Tuesday September
- Report: Israel won't allow a nuclear Iran
- Gustav evacuees urged to stay away
- 4 Investigates: Floodwalls stuffed with newspaper?
- Tropical Storm Hanna
- Tropical Storm Ike
- Chertoff: FEMA taking on more challenges than ever
- Russian bombers fly in Europe's far north
- Dutch intel: US to strike Iran in coming weeks
- Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century
- Cuba says 90,000 houses damaged by Gustav
- EU, Dependent on Russian Energy, Balks at Georgia War Sanctions
- Russia won`t accept unipolar world - Medvedev
- Protecting the Information Infrastructure of the United States
Monday September 1, 2008
- The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
- Hurricane Gustav
- Hurricane Gustav (updated)
- Gustav's possible economic hit is widespread
- Katrina Survivors Relive Nightmare As Gustav Nears
- For the first time in human history, the North Pole can be circumnavigated
- American hero companies
- China quake toll might be worse than initially feared
- Canada Decontaminates The World
- Chemical Prompts Lockdown at 2 St. Louis ERs
- 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Leaves 22 Dead in China
- FAA Outage Reveals Odd Computing Practices
- No More Big Stink: Scent Lures Mosquitoes, But Humans Can't Smell It
- 'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization
- Katrina And Rita Provide Glimpse Of What Could Happen To Offshore Drilling If Gustav Hits Gulf
Sunday August 31, 2008
- My Way News - Gustav slams Cuba as massive Category 4 hurricane
- My Way News - New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation
- Court: U.S. can bar mad-cow testing
- Gulf Coast Evacuations Underway
- No shelter for those that stay in New Orleans as Gustav approaches
- Report: Israel won't allow a nuclear Iran
- Iran warns any attack would start 'world war'
- Iran says it has 4,000 centrifuges working on enrichment
- Thailand sinks into crisis as demonstrators close airports and railways
- Pakistani city of Peshawar could fall to Taliban as fear and attacks grow
- 'Environmental volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours
- Russia's powerful weapon: oil and natural gas
- Jeremy Leggett: Beware the bear trap
Saturday August 30, 2008
- Major Severe Weather Event Across Phoenix
- Gustav picks up strength as it passes over Caribbean
- Louisiana Prepares Evacuations as Gustav Threatens (Update3)
- Military help for Georgia is a 'declaration of war', says Moscow in extraordinary warning to the West
- Kremlin announces that South Ossetia will join 'one united Russian state'
- OOPS: Magazines Recall Poisonous Recipes
- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Long-Range Requirements Planning Studies
- Comcast to Make Monthly Internet Use Cap Official
- Scientists Discover Why Flies Are So Hard To Swat
- Researchers Provide Solution To Worlds Worst Mass Poisoning Case
- Yellowstone's Ancient Supervolcano: Molten Plume Of Material Cooler Than Expected
Friday August 29, 2008
- Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
- America and Russia deploy warships in Black Sea
- Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears
- Tropical Storm Hanna
- High Path H5N2 Recombinants in Wild Birds in Nigeria
- Cluster Watches Earth's Leaky Atmosphere
- Bank of NY Mellon data breach now affects 12.5 mln
- Russia tests out new lethal nuke
- Chechen president to inaugurate 'largest mosque in Europe'
- Gas Prices Cause Airline to Remove Life Vests
Thursday August 28, 2008
- New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms
- Louisiana Eyes Gustav, Activates Guard Troops
- School bans pupils from doing cartwheels
- China Sees Spike In Rabies Cases
- India reports severe communicable diseases
- Arctic Sea Ice Drops to 2nd Lowest Level on Record
- More Strawberries, More Antioxidant Absorption
- Earthquake Zone Off Oregon Coast Surprisingly Active
- Ex-KGB spy, key CIA informant dies
- H.I.V. Is Spreading in New York City at Three Times the National Rate, a Study Finds
Wednesday August 27, 2008
- Dimitri Medvedev raises spectre of new Cold War
- US ready to put Russian nuclear deal on ice
- Gustav to Strengthen Again
- Canada Says 12 Killed in Outbreak
- Mystery virus kills 160
- Ghosts amid the wreckage in Myanmar
- Twelve new West Nile cases reported
- Sudanese jet hijackers want to fly to Paris
- Gulf Coast Shipyard Meltdowns Threaten Navy Plans
Tuesday August 26, 2008
- Hurricane Gustav
- Brrr! Almanac Predicts Cold, Wet Winter
- Greenhouse bees spread disease to wild bees
- Aggressive TB treatment success
- Personal data of a million bank customers found on computer sold on eBay for 35Pounds
- Vaccine Mismatch Drives Spread of H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance
- Controversial Nuke Research Quietly Returns...
- FEMA spends almost $3B on emergency housing
Monday August 25, 2008
- Fla. homes evacuated as waters rise in wake of Fay
- Four twisters touch down near Parker, Castle Rock
- Instant justice creating nation of criminals
- EPA scientists pull study that found C8 in eggs
- Nuclear waste containers likely to fail, warns 'devastating' report
- Russia threatens sale of offensive weapons to Israel's enemies
- Homeland Security Comes to Vermont
- Carcinogens from car exhaust can linger
- Jet crash in Kyrgyzstan kills 68
- Help Crack the Russian Hacker Mystery
- In Nuclear Nets Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals
- Three Years After Hurricane, the Backup Is a Fixture
Sunday August 24, 2008
- Pakistan faces worsening violence
- The time bomb
- Parasite in Galapagos penguins prompts avian malaria fears
- Antagonistic Russia could undermine U.S. on many fronts
- Report Highlights Growing Trend of Federal Employees Missing in Action
- Fay's toll in Fla. hits 11; Gulf cities threatened
Saturday August 23, 2008
- Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought; Nuclear Power Plant Seen As Particular Risk
- N.Y. Nuke Plant Likely a Quake Risk: Study
- Coast Guard Losing Arctic Race
- Malaria Researchers Identify New Mosquito Virus
- Data on 130,000 criminals lost
- Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
- Peter Melchett: Don't believe the GM apologists
- 100% H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance in Australia and South Africa
- Kids With Pets Grow Up To Be Snorers
- Among the Madrid crash survivors, courage and sheer luck
- Suicide blasts at Pakistan arms complex kill 67
Friday August 22, 2008
- Tropical Storm Fay expected to hit Fla. 3rd time
- Tropical Storm Fay forces more evacuations in Fla.
- Spaniards mourn victims of plane crash
- This year so far coolest for at least 5 years: WMO
- A Push to Increase Icebreakers in the Arctic
- Bouncing Death From China
- America's Outrageous War Economy!
- US measles cases highest in decade, health officials cite unfounded fears of vaccine risks
- Ads on Nuclear Threat Removed From Convention Airports
- Book Her, Dan-O
Thursday August 21, 2008
- Madrid Airport Horror: 153 Dead
- Russia Makes New Threats Over U.S.-Poland Missile Deal
- Brrr! Farmers' Almanac says cold winter ahead
- Russia sends aircraft carrier to Syria
- U.S. Government Holding International Travel Information for 15 Years
- Declassified Old Documents Shed New Light on AIPAC Espionage Prosecution - IRmep
- Purifying The Enemy
- Scary Monsters
- China flaying animals alive
- World's 'oldest man' dies in India
- Norway: Russia to Cut All Military Ties With NATO
- NATO's 'Empty Words' against Russia (Bumped and Updated)
Wednesday August 20, 2008
- Boomerang Fay gains strength over Florida
- Pentagon: No Significant Russian Withdrawal From Georgia
- Credit crunch may take out large US bank warns former IMF chief
- 'Failsafe' face scanners could replace passport officers at airports
- Report: Russia may arm Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads
- Photos of bizarre creatures discovered in Antarctica
- TSA Snafu Damages Nine Planes at O'Hare Field
- Midnight Snack? Not Quite
- Nearly 2 in 3 voters want someone else
- Who started Cold War II?
- The Grand Deception
Tuesday August 19, 2008
- Reactor shut down after fire at Calif. nuke plant
- CSIS Says Navy Rudderless
- Nukes Unlikely to Be Affected by Musharraf Leaving
- Shock admission: Italy made deal with terrorists
- Glass Pane Plummets 40-Plus Stories In Times Square
- Evacuations As Rain Breaches Dam Near Grand Canyon
- Premature baby comes back to life
- 1918 Flu Antibodies Resurrected From Elderly Survivors
- Water Is No Passive Spectator Of Biological Processes: It Is An Active Participant
- Experts say U.S. is losing its ability to patrol Arctic waters
Monday August 18, 2008
- Russian forces still entrenched in Georgia
- Ukraine offers satellite defence co-operation with Europe and US
- Russia: Poland Risks Attack Because of U.S. Missiles
- West struggles to find safe footing on Georgia
- Iran Sends First Satellite into Orbit
- Music can boost your immune system
- Fat children should be taken from parents to curb obesity epidemic
- Defense Spooks: Let's Control Enemy Minds
Sunday August 17, 2008
- Tropical storm poses hurricane threat to U.S.
- Forecast: Floridians Should Prepare for Hurricane
- The EMP Threat
- Think of EMP Before Problem Arises
- DYING FROGS A SIGN OF BIODIVERSITY CRISIS
- After Georgia, Moscow issues nuclear warning to Poland
- Misusing The Red Cross For The Cause
- Russian Hackers Continue Attacks on Georgian Sites
- We Are All Georgians? Not So Fast.
- Banks promoted American debt culture
- Flu Vaccination Protects Bacteria Against Virus
Saturday August 16, 2008
- Tropical Storm Fay forms in the Caribbean
- Missile shield accord draws Russian fire
- Russian military concerned by U.S. cargo flights to Georgia
- Highway crashes kill more than 41,000 in 2007
- Plants move up mountain as temps rise in SoCal, study shows; climate change or drought blamed
- Ammunition purchase program results in felon's guilty plea
- What to do with a traumatized elephant stirs debate in U.S.
- Parasite causing an itch for swimmers
- Texas school district letting teachers carry guns
- FDA: Chemical in plastic bottles is safe