How have you handled it when events around you were out of control?

A natural disaster hits, and your house caves in.

You’re on your way to your vacation, and your car conks out. You only have eight hours to make the ferry, or else you’re out a vacation.

An important relative is on the brink of death and your child develops this strange and agonizing pain in their stomach. The car is in the shop and will be unavailable for days.

I’m sure you can make up your own situations, or more likely, a situation that you’ve been in. What do you do in these situations? Or what have you done? Is there a more effective way to handling them?

Give us an example, please. Nothing theoretical.