train wreck n. a disaster or failure, especially one that is unstoppable or unavoidable; a disorganized, problematic, or chaotic person or thing; an incongruous situation. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
blow a hoolie v. phr.— «Nine times out of 10, it’s blowing a hoolie out there with high winds and seas.…We’ve had an 86-foot wave, so you’re going from one hazardous environment to another. The men need to have a safe refuge...
disaster industrial complex n.— «But the worst damage is what is being done now, this confluence of forces barraging New Orleans and its Diaspora, what some local organizers have referred to as the Disaster Industrial Complex. This is the...
Floodweiser n. a jocular name for water distributed in cans as disaster aid by the Anheuser-Busch corporation; also, misc. other wordplay on the beer brand “Budweiser.” (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
floodweiser n.— «An empty can of “floodweiser,” the water canned by Anheuser Busch and provided by disaster relief groups.» —“Artist putting together remnants of flood for museum” in Grand Forks, N.D...
American tsunami n.— «The breadth of the destruction has caused some commentators to dub it the “American tsunami” because of its resemblance to the terrible havoc of last year’s disaster in Asia.» —“Law and Order...