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This piece by Steven Biel is the opening statement for the book American Disasters which itself is a compilation of works that describe and give theories based on and around numerous disasters throughout U.S. history. To start his piece Biel begins with a story of where he was in August of 1998, primarily working at sea “with titanic research and recovery expedition”. This is how he goes into the medias use and abuse of the idea of disaster and how it has affected the common thought today with the idea that if the media isn’t filming it, it isn’t a disaster. From here Biel goes into the progression of what a disaster is and how the pieces within the book American Disasters. Including the prospects and ideologies of faith, community, and possibility. Along with these he gives chapter and pieces  within the book that do a magnificent job covering what he believes including a text that goes into the feminist and black viewpoints of the titanic in the chapter “Possibility” which John does a good job of summarizing and explaining within his post.