The layout of a balance sheet reflects the basic accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Owners' Equity. with assets listed on the left side and liabilities and equity detailed on the right. Consistent with the equation, the total dollar amount is always the same for each side. In other words, the left and right sides of a balance sheet are always in balance.
Hurricane Ike was the first hurricane to hit the Houston area since Hurricane Jerry in October of 1989 and the first big hurricane to hit since Hurricane Alicia in 1983. Ike is the hurricane that changed the Saffir-Simpson scale, the scale that rates how strong a hurricane is, as we know it.
The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history descended upon Galveston, Texas, in 1900. Between 6,000 and 12,000 people died in the intense storm, which came complete with 145 mph winds. Unless we invent some sort of anti-doom machine, our society could easily come crumbling down at the hands of a natural disaster.