The French left, with typical understatement, call it a catastrophe, and blame Jacques Chirac.
Even before the current Atlantic hurricane season started in June, American property insurers had run through a typical year's worth of catastrophe payouts because of an unusual string of severe natural disasters.
Although I don't represent Tiger Woods, based on my 20+ years as a crisis and reputation advisor to the rich and famous, the frantic situation behind the scenes is probably pretty typical of a high-profile catastrophe, with a lot of money and reputations at stake.
The majority of MDCs had poorly formed chromosomes, typical of cells in mitotic catastrophe [ 32].
Without their presence it would have been your typical Wednesday night two-audience-member catastrophe on the art world's mucky sea floor.
Various yards, warehouses, distribution centers and other storage nodes are typical resource-intensive sites at which catastrophes and disasters, such as fires and chemical leakage, are prone to occur and spread.
This has been typical as we've traveled through the catastrophe: People with nothing -- hungry, thirsty, seeking their loved ones, burying their dead, caring for their injured -- have shown fortitude, civility and compassion despite their quiet desperation.
According to the Institute for Policy Integrity's analysis, "Flooding the Market", the flood insurance program's subsidies help wealthy Americans with large beachfront properties or vacation homes in a typical year, and low-income individuals only during severe catastrophes.
Catastrophe ("cat") bonds were invented in 1994: in a typical transaction, a company enters a reinsurance contract and issues bonds to investors.
While those materials are routinely tested under conditions typical of ordinary fires, their effectiveness at the much higher temperatures of last week's catastrophe is generally unknown.
Mostly what's happening is just your typical frantic running around with waving arms and high pitched wailing about an impending catastrophe.
