Watching the doomwatchers

What’s the worst that can happen? If you often ask yourself that question, then you’re probably an emergency planner.

The centre of Britain’s emergency preparations is the Civil Contigencies Secretariat, based in the Cabinet Office. This employs ten civil servants to look for trouble. They monitor the waxing and waning of about 120 potential threats, from terrorism to extreme weather, from security of gas supply to industrial fires like the one at the Buncefield oil depot.
BBC