School districts, from Colorado to New York, were hit with "killer clown" threats.
And I guessed that if this group of genuine proficients, most of whom had recently answered the threat of killer tornadoes, killer spills, killer explosions, had no methods in place to cope with killer asteroids, it was a good bet the responders in other world cities didn't either.
Thanks to well-capitalised banks, and to dealers curbing their killer instincts, the threat to financial stability proved minimal.
The psychological cost of maintaining a normal routine, however, shot up with the killer's latest threat.
Rooting for a suspected killer who makes threats against even more innocent people and their families is just horrendous.
Her book, "The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight (Pegasus Books, November 16, 2015) about the tragedy of the 2011 Norway attacks, is receiving excellent reviews.
Now the United States Department of Agriculture says that this mash increases the amount of deadly E. coli bacteria in cows' digestive systems, raising the threat of killer burgers.
Each of the chapters in her book concentrates on an infamous highway killer and the particular threat he personified to his generation.
He decided to take on the threat of killer viruses after reading a magazine article about the avian flu and a book about the 1918 pandemic.
In Stranger by the Lake, meanwhile, there turns out to be a killer at large, a threat not just to the ostensibly carefree atmosphere but to life itself.
