Four horsemen: -existing---- conquest death famine pestilence war End of the world: -existing------- apocalypse armageddon millennium -suggested------ doom kingdomcome nextcoming Religious, positive: -suggested--------- creation genesis miracle nirvana redemption reincarnation resurrection sacrifice salvation Religious, negative: -suggested--------- hell Hurricane-like events: -existing------------ cyclone hurricane typhoon -suggested----------- tropicaldepression Vortices: -existing- maelstrom sandstorm tornado whirlwind -suggested- twister Wind: -existing- sandstorm tornado whirlwind -suggested- twister windstorm Rain: -exisiting- lightning monsoon tempest -suggested- rain storm Frozen precipitation: -existing----------- blizzard hailstorm -suggested---------- sleet Too much water: -existing----- cataclysm flood mudslide tsunami -suggested---- seiche Hot/dry weather: -existing------ drought heatwave -suggested- sunburn Geologic events: -existing------ earthquake tsunami volcano -suggested- erosion sinkhole Gravity events: -existing----- avalanche fallingrocks mudslide -suggested---- landslide sinkhole "storm": -existing- firestorm hailstorm maelstrom sandstorm -suggested- ionstorm solarstorm storm windstorm Heat disasters: -existing----- firestorm heatwave volcano Astronomical events: -existing---------- bigbang supernova -suggested--------- bigcrunch blackhole browndwarf cosmicray ele hale-bopp ionstorm nova solarflare solarstorm solarwind sunspot radiation SciFi: -suggested- timewarp Asteroids / climate change: -existing----------------- deep-impact -suggested- extinction iceage massextinction Biological disasters: -existing----------- locusts pestilence plague -suggested---------- blight disease ebola epidemic extinction infection jaws lassa massextinction pandemic Transportation disasters: -existing--------------- pileup planecrash -suggested-------------- carcrash crash collision decompression derailment hindenburg hullbreach runaground shipwreck titanic trainwreck vaporlock wreck Environmental disasters: -suggested------------- contamination greenhouse oilspill toxicspill valdez Bang: -suggested- explosion impact implosion Congestion: -existing- logjam pileup trafficjam No food: -existing- drought famine Hardware disasters: -existing--------- headcrash -suggested-------- blowout burnout overheat shortcircuit shortout strippedscrew zincwhiskers Software disasters: -suggested-------- abend bluescreen coredump segfault Network disasters: -suggested------- backhoe netsplit pingflood Political disasters: -existing---------- conquest war -suggested--------- anarchy coup coupdetat holocaust revolution revolt rebellion thermonuclearwar Nuclear disasters: -suggested------- chernobyl holocaust meltdown radiation thermonuclearwar Electrical disasters: -existing----------- lightning -suggested---------- brownout blackout electrocution meltdown ratehike Social/psychological disasters: -suggested-------------------- anarchy masshysteria psychosis rampancy sacrifice Financial disasters: -suggested--------- bankruptcy Medical problems: -suggested------ dismemberment infection mortality pain psychosis sunburn trauma Methods of death: -suggested------ accident electrocution overdose poison Words for death: -existing------ death -suggested----- mortality Chemicals: -suggested- caustic contamination corrosion poison toxic toxicspill Mythological: -suggested-- pandora ragnarok Eastern Relgious: -suggested------ samsara Literary disasters: -sugested--------- deusexmachina Specific disasters: -suggested-------- chernobyl ebola hindenburg lassa titanic valdez General terms: -suggested--- accident calamity catastrophe disaster mishap naturaldisaster Babelfish: -suggested- desastre unfall disastro Words that rhyme with disaster: -suggested-------------------- alabaster aster beplaster castor laster lancaster paster pastor plaster raster napster Zoroaster Things you might say during a disaster: -suggested---------------------------- whoops uhoh ohno help duckandcover hey weareallgoingtodie whyme whataworld kumbaya yeaaaargh imintheshower Movies that were disasters: -suggested---------------- theperfectstorm virginsuicides titanic friday13th jaws Misc suggestions: ---------------- dcfood next-tuesday