27 Disasters Waiting in Your Future

Here’s my short list of disasters. While some may sound a bit strange, all can be anticipated. Planning and preparation can make a big difference in how you make it through the process. Skills and awareness are the keys. Everything else can be improvised on the fly.

For the economic ones, learning to depend on your wits to create and market products and services that people WANT are your ultimate financial security blanket. A core Urban Survival skill.

1 Divorce
2 Personal Bankruptcy
3 Rising Property Taxes
4 Peak Oil
5 Hurricanes
6 Earthquakes
7 Icestorms
8 Fire
9 Alien Invasion
10 Inflation
11 Deflation
12 Job Loss
13 Death of a Loved One
14 Traffic Accident
15 Aircraft Accident
16 Car Breaking Down in the Desert
17 Getting Lost in the Woods
18 Getting Lost in the City
19 Bad Shrimp
20 Fishing Boat Capsizes
21 Terrorism (bad)
22 Government Response to Terrorism (worse)
23 Republicans controlling the Executive, Judicial and Legislative (at the same time)
24 Democrats controlling the Executive, Judicial and Legislative (at the same time)
25 Pandemic Disease
26 Global Warming
27 Ice Age
28 Asteroid Strike