That perfect storm combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners and maybe anybody's foresight,

That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight,

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

Great breakthroughs are always followed by great catastrophes

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

Historically, recovery from catastrophes happens very rapidly, but I don't think we've ever seen road damage to the extent we have seen here. I would think they would find the machines and manpower to do road repairs because you can't get to the other jobs until you have access.