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

That perfect storm 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.