Taming chaos with a personal disaster plan  Over the past week
we’ve seen a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan that caused
a nuclear accident, the Saudis sending troops into Bahrain to
quell civil unrest there and the government of Yemen taking
measures to expel foreign media as protests have swelled against
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.  We have also recently seen
large-scale evacuations of expatriates from Tunisia, Egypt and
Libya, and it is not unreasonable to assume that we might see a
similar exodus from Bahrain and Yemen if developments in those
countries deteriorate. Moreover, in Japan, the risk of radiation
and conditions that are not yet under control at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant could force further evacuations
there.  In light of this uncertain environment, STRATFOR thought
it prudent to address once again the topic of personal
contingency planning. Indeed, we also made this topic the
subject of this week’s Above the Tearline video. While we have
often discussed this topi