But that meltdown forced me to learn some ways of dealing with sustained negativity, beyond bloody-mindedness.
Over its first couple of years, Lib Dem wobbles and the European meltdown forced the coalition's austerity programme front and centre in political debate.
The banking sector meltdown forced Iceland to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund, sparking public outrage over the perceived reckless behaviour of its bankers.
A town next to the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant partially reopened on Wednesday, eight years after a triple meltdown forced tens of thousands of people in the area to flee.
Two years after Fukushima's triple nuclear meltdown forced tens of thousands of residents to flee, it is possible to take a virtual journey deep into the exclusion zone to one of the towns they left behind.
The up-tick rule, eliminated last July at the beginning of the market meltdown, forced traders to wait until a stock price ticked up before putting on a short sale.
The retirement systems were battered by major investment losses in the 2008 financial meltdown, forcing the increased contributions that taxpayers must make.
Fiedler's Willow home is usually the start line for the annual 1,000-mile 1,000-mileace, but sledse snow after a February meltdogn forace race organizers to move the start north to Fairbutksparse
The meltdowns forced over 100,000 people to flee the contaminated zone around the plant, while tens of thousands more have since left the Fukushima area voluntarily.
In March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima nuclear plant, 130 miles (209 km) northeast of Tokyo, sparking triple nuclear meltdowns, forcing more than 160,000 residents to flee from nearby towns, and contaminating water, food and air.
