Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.    From LearnThat.org.  [Mignon McLaughlin.]

Lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

In November that incident occurred which he calls the catastrophe of his life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs] Reference

"This catastrophe is simply one more in the series.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hungarian sludge disaster darkens mood] Reference

"The shelf life for this catastrophe is closing," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hope, skepticism mark Katrina anniversary] Reference

And they don't want to be facing a midterm catastrophe here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2009] Reference

Observe the use of the word catastrophe in both definitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

Lisbon, no trace of this geological catastrophe is to be found.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Literature 1998 - Presentation Speech] Reference

Seems to me like the real catastrophe is what we've got. possum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Struggling to Respond - NASA Watch] Reference

Although just why the Higgs would be a catastrophe is not clear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

As a result, the ongoing ratings catastrophe is sure to get worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The King Is Dead] Reference

If they did they would know that a catastrophe is fast approaching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Faith-based initiatives] Reference

The one problem, the instant catastrophe, is not to be dealt with here.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Golding - Nobel Lecture] Reference

People can be amazingly naive when catastrophe is knocking on the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [From above « BuzzMachine] Reference

This environmental catastrophe is upon us but we are helpless to avert it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Chapala "Cesspool"] Reference

The word catastrophe was used five times more often in 1995 than it was in 1985.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of fear]

Sooner or later, the midterm catastrophe was going to cause problems for Democrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference

The true nature of the catastrophe is not revealed before the first third of the book.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: Dusk Before the Dawn by Larry Ketchersid] Reference

This civil-liberties catastrophe is precisely what "water-boarding" is trying to prevent.    From Wordnik.com.  [IsThatLegal?] Reference

Blame, guilt, culpability and liability for this catastrophe is can be laid directly on BP.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » If you like the BP spill, you’ll love cyberwar] Reference

If the arrow points toward increasing genomic instability, genomic catastrophe is inevitable.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Genomic Balancing Act] Reference

Nuclear catastrophe is another such theme, readily linked to the theme of the brain-damaged son.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Literature 1994 - Presentation Speech] Reference

Three points: First, The catastrophe is neither waiting down the road, nor has it already happened.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 1/29.] Reference

The climate catastrophe is potentially much, much worse, which makes it a legitimately larger worry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security and Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Ken explained that he had tried to reimagine the cosy catastrophe from the working class perspective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yatterings » Small con – BIG ideas: thoughts from PicoCon] Reference

Well, the catastrophe is - I write it with tears in my eyes - that I cannot venture to the play on Monday night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference

Since this catastrophe is too huge to be handled with state resources alone, it looks as though FEMA utterly failed.    From Wordnik.com.  [No one is in charge « BuzzMachine] Reference

Sárit Ságara (Sea of the Streams of Story), the rings are one hundred and the catastrophe is more moral, the good youth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

France: Voting machines a 'catastrophe' -- French parties LINK.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Daily Voting News' For April 23, 2007] Reference

Roy Williams: UNC's woes feel like Haiti 'catastrophe' - The.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Roy Williams: UNC's woes feel like Haiti 'catastrophe' - The Dagger - NCAAB Blo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Williams: UNC losing like Haiti 'catastrophe' - College Basketball Nation Blog.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Click here: Plan B: scientists get radical in bid to halt global warming 'catastrophe'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dissident Voice] Reference

Plan B: scientists get radical in bid to halt global warming 'catastrophe' - Times Online.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Click here: Plan B: scientists get radical in bid to halt global warming 'catastrophe'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dissident Voice] Reference

Today's common understanding of "catastrophe" - a sudden disaster - is not the word's original meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [New at Creativity-Portal.com] Reference

Meanwhile, Palestinians around the world will mourn 60 years since the Nakba - Arabic for "catastrophe" - of 1948.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dove's Eye View:] Reference

Among the messages received within about 24 hours after the catastrophe were the following.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror] Reference

The catastrophe was the logical outcome of the situation, created by the application of science to warfare.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War in the Air] Reference