I live in Dallas-Ft. Worth and rarely venture out of the metropolitan areas during normal days. If I travel I do a risk assessment and try to prepare accordingly.

For the DFW Area:
Weather: Ice Storm (wide impact, probably 24-48 hours, 72 max); Tornado (localized impact, could result in 24 hr power outage to full destruction of the house); Heat Wave and drought (wide impact, power outages and water shortages, lasts probably a week to several months)

Civil Unrest - (riot? Uncertain about impact and length of time of disruption) I haven't really thought through this one.

Chemical Spill - likely evacuation for hours to several days. This already happened once in my 13 years of living here. Got to leave work early.

Hurricane - In 2005 they thought Rita was going to pass over DFW and still be a category 1 hurricane (or powerful tropical storm). Possibly wide impact but really unlikely. More likely would be lots of people descending on DFW when evacuating Houston and Gulf Coast.

Cowboys loss - possible civil disorder and unrest, followed by malaise and depression over large area. Violence response would only occur if T. Owens returns for another season. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />