Disaster Resilience Enthusiasts Pillows

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Storm Sandy aftermath.

Natural Disasters

"May we live in interesting times. And may we outlive them."

'You'll find there's no middle ground with Kirk Knoland.'

Girl who can't cook meets guy who can't fix stuff.

"I'm sure he'll pull through. He's always been a real fighter."

"Attitude is everything, Sid. Remember: Life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we choose to react to it!"

Redundancies

Lesser Known Active Volcanoes.

Eva Schloss

"First day out of bed?"

'The tropical tax haven where he offshored his business was just hit by a tsunami.'

The globe vaults over Covid-19

'Now that you've got it running again, how do you stop it?'

'Andy, this is Doug. Looks like we're going to have to dip into the reserves earlier than we expected.'

'I hear Oog gave up inventing.'

"This accident will not affect my career as a football pro. Fortunately, I'm left-footed."

News: Flash Floods

Akron, oh, you're on Ask Sadie. What's your problem?! I'm thinking of not signing up for health insurance this year. Good idea. In my day, there was no such thing as health insurance. If you got sick, you paid for it with either money or chickens. That's if you were a lily-livered coward who just had to see a doctor. When great-great-grandmother Cohen had her sixth heart attack, she just applied a poultice made of chestnut leaves and flour and kept on plowing.

'Of course the scientists have got this all wrong about climate change.'

Natural Disaster This Way...

Alberta on fire

"Captain, I'm burned out!"

Covid Fightback

Over the last year I've come to have a new opinion about what real strength is.

"Do I have a personal preparedness plan in case of a national emergency? Well, if screaming while running amok is a plan, then yes, I have a plan."

Cubans are happy despite bad weather.

Where's the leak then?

Trees and hurricanes

'Worst chainsaw massacre I've ever seen.'

'I hope we get rescued too, but I'm not looking forward to the embarrassment.'

"We will rebuild!"

Souvenir of Iceland

Man wanting to hitch a lift atop a floating house in a flood.