All posts tagged "Worst Case Scenario"

As has become rapidly apparent over the course of the Occupy movement, the mainstream media finds it difficult to react and report on situations it doesn't fully understand -- which bodes poorly for the vast majority of the populace in the event of the Zombiepocalypse, unless they're reading alternative media. And while some publications are more interested in the attractiveness of the people who bring us the news, we know that zombies don't care how hot anyone is: they only care about brains.

Rich countries "need to blaze the trail" on making economic growth less dependent on fossil fuels and helping poor nations get onto the path of sustainable development, said the annual Human Development Report.

The worst fears of one conservationist may be coming true.

The gooey oil washing into the maze of marshes along the Gulf Coast could prove impossible to remove, leaving a toxic stew lethal to fish and wildlife, government officials and independent scientists said.

The forecasters are telling Austinites that we may or may not be hit by a tropical storm as Hurricane Ike hits ground. Worst case scenario: 70 mph winds and rain. This seems certain enough that the Longhorns did the unthinkable and rescheduled a football game. But I'm not going to bitch, because people in Galveston are being told that they face certain death if they don't evacuate. The good news is that the nightmarish evacuation of Houston during Hurricane Rita has caused the state to massively reform evacuation procedures, so they don't get caught this time with their pants down. I remember talking to someone who evacuated during that time, and it had taken something like 14 hours to drive to Austin because of the traffic. Now they've got protocols to allow both sides of the freeway to accept traffic moving northwest. Here's hoping everyone on the coast is safe this weekend.