National Preparedness Month Day 21--50 Common Disasters

You may never live in a place that will experience a typhoon or a tornado or an earthquake but part of preparedness planning is to have a general knowledge of common disasters so that in the event that you find yourself in said disaster situation (on vacation perhaps?) you will at least some idea of how to react.  These are 50 common disasters you should know about:

1. Active shooter
2. Earthquake
3. Hurricane
4. Wild fire
5. Tornado
6. Flood/Flash flood
7. Heat wave
8. Winter storm
9. Extreme cold
10. Tsunami
11. Volcanic eruption
12. Landslide
13. Chemical spill
14. Biological agent
15. Radiological incident
16. Nuclear attack
17. EMP Attack
18. Common medical emergencies
19. Avalanche
20. Workplace emergency
21. Wildlife incident (wilderness)
22. Wildlife incident (water)
23. Influenza pandemic
24. Infectious disease outbreak
25. Famine
26. Airline crash
27. Railway accident
28. Major car accident
29. Tropical diseases
30. Social unrest
31. Societal collapse
32. Drought
33. House fire
34. Food poisoning
35. Wilderness emergency
36. Terrorist attack
37. Electrical storm
38. Power outage
39. Gas line break
40. Maritime disaster
41. Sink hole
42. Hail storm
43. Blizzard
44. Robbery
45. Financial crisis
46. Kidnapping
47. Oil spill
48. Mass evacuation
49. Infrastructure failure
50. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning