Of course, New Yorkers themselves have been less concerned with catastrophic visions of the city's end, and more preoccupied with the very real catastrophes they have had to confront.
Retinal neovascularization, which is the pathological growth of new blood vessels, is a characteristic feature of several eye diseases that cause catastrophic loss of vision.
Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a vascular disorder of the retina with often catastrophic consequences to vision and quality of life. 1 2 The incidence of CRVO increases with age; most individuals affected are 50 years of age or older.
And most would put cyberattacks in a different category from the weapons of mass destruction associated with visions of catastrophic terrorism; these are not nuclear arms, nerve gas or germs.
In order to avoid catastrophic climate disruption, our economic vision must include more broadly shared prosperity.
His relentlessly bleak vision is that catastrophic events, long term (collapsing dollar, out-of-control oil prices, climate change) and short term (Iraq, Katrina, government-sanctioned torture), will produce the downsizing of America, secession movement or no.
Instead, he presents a nightmarish vision of ideological extremism, catastrophic fiscal irresponsibility, rampant greed and dangerous shortsightedness.
The Foreign Secretary, who remains one of the most likely people to lead Labour after the election, challenged Gordon Brown to use his last conference before the vote to show the "vision" necessary to avert catastrophic defeat.
