When Nuclear Bombs, Hurricanes, Smallpox And Supreme Court Nominees Attack

New York magazine has the best alarmist scenarios with the best alarmist scenario illustrations in journalism with its When Bad Things Happen (in New York City) to accompany a NYC's disaster plan feature. Smallpox? Check ("Worst-case scenario: Health workers flee—a recent study suggested that half would stay away during an outbreak"). Chlorine realease? Check ("What you can do: Get inside as fast as possible, close windows, turn off ventilation systems, and seal windows and doors with duct tape"). Earthquake? Check ("What the city would do: Dig survivors out of crumbled tenements and town houses and race to extinguish blazes fueled by broken gas lines"). Nuclear bomb? Check, but there's no point ("Worst-case scenario: A bomb in the center of midtown. It doesn’t get worse than this"). Interestingly enough, New York's Intelligencer has The New Yorker's Guide to Surviving Alito.