Relevant Articles
F a deeper understanding of geo-political events; our nation’s emergency response capabilities; disaster preparedness efforts and related topics that are not often in the headlines, these selected articles provide a valuable resource.
Categories below are listed in alphabetical order.
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Astronomical Threats
- Solar Storms Could Be Earth Next Katrina
- Space Storm Alert: 90 Seconds From Catastrophe
- Asteroid explosion over Indonesia raises fears about Earth
- NASA mission to unravel sun’s threat to Earth
- Funds Needed For Asteroid Warning System
- Small Asteroid Will Fly By Earth Tonight
- Asteroid passes just 8,700 miles from Earth
- The 2012 Apocalypse And How to Stop It
- Are We Ready for a Solar Katrina?
- Earth needs asteroid shield
- Jupiter collision a warning call to Earth
- Severe Space Weather
- Huge Solar Storm Could Shut Down US
- NASA warns of 'Space Katrina' radiation storm
- Unseen dark comets
Augery (Forewarning)
- Single Nuke Could Destroy America
- World sleepwalking into disasters - U.N. aid chief
- The 2012 Apocalypse — And How to Stop It
- Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
- Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent.pdf
- Warning of New Attacks
- Homeland Security Forecasts 5-year Terror Threats
- Report: Major Disaster Would 'Overwhelm' Aid Groups
- IMF Warns Of Economic Riots, Police Ready For Civil Unrest
- Police Have No Duty to Protect Individuals
Bio-warfare, Disease and Pandemics
- Military And Homeland Security Dictate Who Lives And Who Dies In A Pandemic
- Gravest Challenge of the 21st Century May Be Disease
- World Not Fully Prepared for Flu Pandemic
- Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a Global Pandemic
- Swine flu has D.C. pointing fingers
- Swine flu hysteria crowds hospitals
- New Bird Flu Cases Revive Fears of Human Pandemic
- Bird Flu - Father Infected By Dying Son
- CDC Action At Germ Lab Questioned
- Fort Detrick Disease Samples May be Missing
- Disposable Respirator Demand On Rise
- Virulent New Strain of TB Raising Fears of Pandemic
- Grocery Industry Prepares For Bird Flu
Business Continuity
Cyber Security
- China blocks U.S. from cyber warfare
- Health Insurer Loses 1.5m records
- Power Outages In Brazil Were Cyber Attacks
- Official: We're Lazy About Classification
- PIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security
- Cyber Attacks on Supply Chain Systems
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
- U.S. Risks 'Catastrophe' in Nuke EMP Attack
- It's possible - Imagine No Phone, No Food, No Fuel
- New Congress Warning on Nuclear EMP Threat
- Deadly Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons Going Portable
- Aircraft could be brought down by DIY
- Air Force Seeks EMP Weapon
- Surviving EMP Depends on Preparation
- Iran Joins Space Club; Why US Expresses Great Concern
Environment and Climate Change
- Earth could plunge into sudden ice age
- UN Says World Fisheries Face Collapse
- 'Green' lightbulbs poison workers
- Fish Die-Off Near Milwaukee
Financial Crisis
- Prepare For Potential 'Global Collapse'
- Federal obligations exceed world GDP
- The World is Facing the First Truly Global Economic Crisis
Food and Water
- Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization
- Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production
- Bayer Admits GMO Contamination is Out of Control
- One Quarter Of Us Grain Crops Fed To Cars
- Phosphorus Famine - The Threat to Our Food Supply
- Millions drink dirty water
- Tons of Released Drugs Taint U.S. Water
- If words were food, nobody would go hungry
- What Really Scares People
- Why Britain faces a bleak future of food shortages
- Fighting a Worldwide Wheat Threat
- The US Has No Remaining Grain Reserves
- Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault Opens Doors for 100 Million Seeds
- In Norway Global Seed Vault Guards Genetic Resources
- Why Floods Could Bring America to its Knees
- Water Will Be Source of War Unless World Acts
- As Australia Dries, A Global Shortage of Rice
- Farmers Worries Mount
- Food Rationing Confronts Bread Basket of the World
- Quarter of Worlds Wheat at Risk From New Fungus
- World Bank Destroyed Basic Grains in Honduras
- World Water Day - Crisis Looming
- World’s hungry ‘close to one billion’
- Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100
- West Is Told to Expect Water Shortfalls
Future Threats
- When Hell Comes to Earth
- Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down US for Months
- The 2012 Apocalypse And How to Stop It
General
- In an Emergency, Who You Gonna Call?
- Private Firefighters Help Battle Flames
- Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
- Why Boys Are Turning Into Girls
- Internet Flaw Could Let Hackers Take Over The Web
- The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism
- Oil Brings Americans Closer to OPEC Debtor Dependence
Geo-Political Threats to the United States
- China's Pearls
- China Preparing for Nuclear War
- Seattle warned of 'imminent' nuke attack
- Russian Analyst Predicts Decline and Breakup of US
- Putin Not Able To Track All Nukes
- The Challenge From China
- Report: Russian Military Gets New Nuclear Missiles
- Chinese Warships Loaded with Missiles, Special Forces, Head for Somalia
Government Performance
- Massive TSA Security Breach As Agency Gives Away Its Secrets
- 9,200 Uncounted Vials Found at Army Biodefense Lab.pdf
- Government posts sensitive list of US nuclear sites
- Inside Washington: Archives' record keeping lapse
- Major Security Flaws at Federal Buildings
- Did Pentagon lose billions pennies at a time?
- U.S. Energy Department Cannot Account for Nuclear Materials at 15 Locations
- Politicians, FEMA Blame Each Other for Relief Mistakes
- In an Emergency, Who You Gonna Call?
- Report Criticizes Homeland Security
- Government Gets C-, Defense Department Fails Security
- CA Woman Slain on the Phone With 911
- IRS Workers Stealing Your Cash
- Civilians Handle Minor Duties for Strapped Police
- Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts
- FEMA Regroups After Katrina
- FBI Headquarters Can't Handle 'Sensitive Info'
- Up To 400 State Department Laptops Missing
- The Census Follies
- Pentagon To Detail Troops To Bolster Domestic Security
Industrial Accidents
Infrastructure Failure
- Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
- Sabotage attacks knock out phone service
- Experts: Power Grid Won't Hold Up, Blackouts Coming
- Information Warfare - Waiting for Cybergeddon
- Midwest Floods Spotlight Decrepit Infrastructure
- Storm Puts Spotlight on Utilities
- Huge Water Main Break Traps Drivers Near D.C.
- Rogue Russian Satellites Gone Wild
Medical Care
- State Not Ready for a Flu Crisis
- Some ERs Putting Wait Times on the Internet
- Hospitals Ill From More Bad Debt, Credit Troubles
- Bacteria On Doctors
National Defense
- The Perilous Future of US Strategic Forces
- National Intelligence Strategy
- The Looming Crisis at the Pentagon
- Chinese Spies May Have Put Chips in US Planes
- Pentagon Criticizes China on Military Transparency
- Smashing the Defense Budget
- U.S. Says Ex-Agent Passed Secrets to Russia From Jail
- Doomsday clock to be moved by world
- US Combat Strategy
Natural Disasters
- The 10 Worst Natural Disasters
- Natural Disasters Killed 220,000 in 2008
- North Magnetic Pole Moving East Due to Core Flux
- Earth Needs Asteroid Shield
- The Next Emergency
- Did Asteroid Cause Ancient NY Tsunami?
- Flood Was a Real Disaster
- Iowa Flooding Could Be an Act of Man, Experts Say
- California Asks For Federal Troops To Battle Fires
Nuclear Accidents
Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism
- Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
- Nuclear or Biological Attack Called Likely
- DEFENDING THE ARSENAL
- Threat of Nuclear Attack in US City Very Real
- Defense Chief - Give Us New Nukes, or Else
- Analysts warn of nuclear 'breakout'
- America Unprepared for “likely” Nuke Attack
- After the Bomb
- Why Islamic Terrorists Will Not Disappear
- Sounding the Nuclear Alarm
- City Prepares for Nuke Terror
- Dirty Bombs - Weapons of Mass Disruption
- Dirty Bomb Ingredients - They're Radioactive and They're Missing
- Nuclear Attack On D.C. A Hypothetical Disaster
Opinion
- Gingrich: Country on 'Edge-of-Catastrophe'
- One in seven scientists say colleagues fake data
- The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments
- To Russia With Love
- Britain Has Become Brittle Society
- Atomic Bombshells
- Florida's Unnatural Disaster
- Let's Commit to a Nuclear-Free World
- Failed Doomsday Predictions
- History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories
- Modern man a wimp says anthropologist
Preparedness
- It's an Emergency, We're Not Prepared
- Ways to Protect Yourself (and Others) from Swine Flu
- America The Resilient
- Critics Question Army Readiness for Post WMD Attack
- Personal Contingency Plans - More Than An Ounce Of Prevention
- Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Wildfires, Earthquakes ... Why We Don't Prepare
- In an Emergency, Who You Gonna Call?
- Grass-Roots America Isn't Prepared For Catastrophe
- Dallas-Fort Worth's 'modern survivalists' are ready for layoffs - or war
Supply Chain
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