Disaster planning will help us to prepare for any possibility.  The government made a contingency plan during the Cold War to protect themselves and all of their citizens from a possible nuclear attack.  While this did not actually happen, the plan was in place so that citizens could be told how to survive should an attack occur.  Several books on disaster planning and survival were published and issued to the masses by the British and American governments.  Currently, our government has formed contingency planning and disaster planning to deal with possible terrorist attacks or other major disasters.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or Fema, the Red Cross, and many other national and local organizations and agencies are in place to help those struck by disaster.