BWB’s TOP TEN LIST OF U - FEMA
SELECT LIST OF U.S. CATASTROPHES WAITING TO HAPPEN
B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM
Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager
Alphabetical Listing May 10, 2006 Working Draft
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1. Anchorage Earthquake
2. Austin, TX Wildfire
3. Beaumont, TX Hurricane
4. Biloxi, MS Hurricane
5. Boston, MA Earthquake, LNG Explosion, Hurricane
6. Charleston, SC Earthquake, Hurricane
7. East Coast Tsunami (Canary Islands Volcano- though very long shot)
8. Florida Keys Hurricane
9. Freeport, TX Flooding, Hurricane, Levee Failure
10. Galveston, TX Hurricane
11. Gulfport, MS Hurricane
12. Houston, TX Flooding, Hurricane
13. Lake Okeechobee Dike/Levee Failure
14. Las Vegas Terrorism
15. Los Angeles Earthquake, Terrorism
16. Memphis Earthquake
17. Miami, Ft. Lauderdale Hurricane
18. Mississippi Gulf Hurricane
19. Mobile, AL Hurricane
20. Myrtle Beach SC Hurricane
21. Nationally Cities near Chemical Plants, could kill thousands
22. Nationally Cities near Nuclear Power Plants – Nuclear Accident
23. Nationally Pandemic
24. New Jersey Chemical Release/Explosion/Terrorism
25. New Orleans Hurricane, Levee Failure
26. New York City, Long Island Terrorism, Hurricane, Earthquake
27. Norfolk, VA Hurricane
28. Oregon/Wash. Coast Earthquake & Tsunami
29. Palm Beach, FL Hurricane
30. Port Arthur, TX Hurricane
31. Sacramento Flooding from levee break
32. Salt Lake City Earthquake
33. San Bernardino Earthquake
34. San Francisco Earthquake (e. g. San Andreas Fault)
35. Seattle Earthquake
36. Southern California Wildfire and Earthquake
37. St. Louis Earthquake
38. Tampa, St. Pete FL Hurricane
39. Texas City, TX Flooding, Hurricane, Levee Failure
40. U.S. Pandemic – e. g. influenza
41. U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Catastrophic Failure
42. Washington DC Terrorism
43. Washington State Mt. St. Helens Volcano Eruption
44. Wilmington, NC Hurricane
45. Yellowstone Super Volcanic Eruptions (long shot)
MOST LIKELY – SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT
1. San Francisco Earthquake (e. g. San Andreas Fault)
2. Southern California (esp. LA & San Bernardino) Earthquake, Terrorism (LA), Wildfire
3. U.S. Pandemic – e. g. influenza
4. New Orleans Levee Failure/Hurricane
5. Miami Hurricane
6. Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL Hurricane
7. NYC & Long Island Terrorism, Hurricane, Earthquake
8. Washington DC Terrorism
9. Memphis Earthquake
10. Sacramento & Central California Flooding from Levee Break
11. Other South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Cities, e.g., Hurricane
a. Beaumont, TX
b. Biloxi, MS
c. Charleston (also Earthquake)
d. Florida Keys
e. Fort Lauderdale, FL
f. Freeport, TX (also Flooding, Levee Failure)
g. Galveston, TX
h. Gulfport, MS
i. Houston, TX Hurricane, Flooding
j. Lake Okeechobee, FL Dike/Levee Failure
k. Mobile, AL
l. Myrtle Beach, SC
m. Norfolk, VA
n. Palm Beach, FL
o. Port Arthur, TX
p. Texas City, TX (Also Flooding, Levee Failure)
q. Wilmington, NC
12. Oregon/Wash. Coast Earthquake & Tsunami
13. St. Louis Earthquake
14. Salt Lake City Earthquake
15. Seattle Earthquake (1,600 dead, $33B)
16. Anchorage Earthquake
17. Las Vegas Terrorism
18. Boston, MA Earthquake, LNG Explosion, Hurricane
19. New Jersey, etc. Chemical Release/Explosion/Terrorism
20. Any City Near Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Power Plant Accident
21. Washington State Mt. St. Helens Volcano Eruption
22. Austin, TX Wildfire
23. East Coast Tsunami (Canary Islands Vol.) (long shot)
24. Yellowstone Super Volcanic Eruptions (long shot)
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