Coming -- a few stories from the past , If all else fails , study failures

We live in strange times . I have just been to a science and technology conference where catastrophism was discussed. You can join in here  
No we didn't all agree about what this modern phenomenon meant,  but , because we were christians we  knew how to fight well,  without too much noise and with a focus on what might be  true and whether fear was indeed a good tool  esp in the hands of media and polys  ,
Thankfully to discuss whats good bad and unhelpul are still not forbidden subjects at a conference where" religious"ideas are just part of the normal discussion 

My aim within a few days is to list a few historical examples of Disaster and disaster preventions I have been involved in  .
The idea is,  in the face of fear and uncertainty, we can look back with some confidence for clues for the future ( the conference theme) s Please come back later 

Threbo landslide  

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