Each patch has probability X of a catastrophic hazard at each time step that extirpates all its occupants.
The F-22 is an even worse step backwards -- a catastrophic one -- in the pilot skill dimension.
Only by admitting we have a problem and taking steps to address it can we avoid a catastrophic outcome.
But the maneuvering over a step that both parties acknowledge must be taken to avert a catastrophic default is also evidence of how the two parties are at loggerheads over a range of economic issues.
A still-fragile global recovery is being put at risk by Washington's squabbling politicians, finance ministers and governors of central banks have warned as they stepped up the pressure on the US to avoid a catastrophic debt default this week.
Officials at the reliability council, an industry group, lacked the authority to order the utilities to take additional steps to prevent a small local failure from snowballing into a catastrophic one.
A catastrophic, terrible loss.
A catastrophic oversight.
Losing James was a catastrophic blow.
