Surviving Disaster was a simulation of real life disaster situations produced by Spike. Hosted by former Navy SEAL

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 Cade Courtley

Cade Courtley

Christopher Cade Courtley is an American TV show host. He is currently the host of Spike TV's and Discovery Channel's show Surviving Disaster.Height6' 1" IMDb Mini Biography:...

, each episode retells situations in a worst-case scenario and what viewers can do to survive them. There have been ten episodes aired to date. The series was not picked up for a second season.

Plot summary

Each episode features Cade Courtley with a group of usually five individuals set into the disaster situation. The disasters feature worst case scenarios with Courtley giving the individuals advice on how to survive based on the situation, also giving tips to the audience on survival. This always includes interviews with experts and survivors of similar disasters. On occasion the show may describe two or more different scenarios within the same disaster (being caught at different distances from a nuclear blast, being held under different circumstances during a home invasion/hostage situation or escaping different pandemic's). In these cases, Courtley still participates as a member of both scenario groups simultaneously.

Episodes aired

• "Hijack" (2009-09-01)
• "Fire" (2009-09-08)
• "Hurricane" (2009-09-15)
• "Home Invasion" (2009-09-22)
• "Avalanche" (2009-09-29)
• "Lost at Sea" (2009-10-06)
• "Mall Shooting" (2009-10-13)
• "Nuclear Attack" (2009-10-20)
• "Earthquake" (2009-11-03)
• "Pandemic" (2009-11-10)

External links

• Surviving Disaster at spike.com