Morial, who is a former mayor of New Orleans, painted a clear picture of the potential devastation Trump and his administration could bring upon all vulnerable Americans.
But the Doomsday Clock, which Mrs. Langsdorf drew for the June 1947 cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists as a way to evoke the potential devastation of nuclear weapons, did not stay in reverse.
The home players held their nerve, dealt with the different emotions and pressures and it was strange, ultimately, that a day that had been preceded by much tension, with the heavy threat of relegation and potential devastation, became a relatively stress-free occasion.
In reasonably simple terms, he attempts to explain the basics of radiation and its effects on humans, the risks of the hydrogen bubble that formed within the reactor and the threat of an explosion and fire, and the nature and potential devastation of the worst-case scenario, a nuclear meltdown, a "China Syndrome".
The potential devastation from emergence of a pandemic strain in Africa has led to a sudden shift of public health focus to pandemic preparedness.
According to Gerry Galloway, another civil engineering professor at the University of Maryland, in the storm preparedness game, the category of a hurricane, from one to five, was once the measure of potential devastation.
As more and more people experience the ordeal of seeing an immediate relative succumb to severe cognitive disruption, awareness of the potential devastation of mental illness can only spread further, albeit by very unpleasant means.
In their model, even when a hypothetical consumer estimates the risk of a disaster occurring is close to zero, he still estimates the scale of potential devastation to be between 26% and 32% of national capital stock, far greater than the effects of Hurricane Katrina or even the 2004 tsunami.
With the last hurricane to directly hit New York City dating back to the 1800's, residents have so far lacked the impetus to demand concrete strategies for dealing with the potential devastation to housing, the subway system and the electrical infrastructure from a major modern-day storm.
Predictably, various environmental groups mobilized, describing scenarios of potential devastation to the Yellowstone ecosystem.
