Our Planet in Peril!!!!!

While I'm at it, I must mention that I've been extremely disturbed and even more so, petrified by the recent spate of natural catastrophes that have been doing the rounds of our world; pertified because apparently, this is just the beginning. Experts believe that the worst is yet to come!
One part of the world tried to recover from the humungous destruction left behind by a couple of high magnitude earthquakes, the other witnesses monstrous wild-fires, while some face storms that render the skies a martian shade; a phenomenon that the region hadn't witnessed in the past five decades.
Closer to home, in India, numerous states were submerged in untimely heavy downpour over a period of two days, after a long dry spell, thus leaving thousands homeless and claiming hundreds of lives.
As inmates of this planet, we need to accept the fact that these events are inevitable and are bound to get worse with passing time. However, we can, within our capacity, try and minimize the consequences of these mishaps by gearing up in advance.
As a part of this effort, to begin with, I have come up with suggestions for flood mitigation strategies at the following location, following an intense research:

http://disastermanagementmumbai.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html