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Topic: Disaster preparedness
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| UGoGirl | Posted – 7/25/2007 9:33:55 AM | show profile ... as people line up in England for drinking water, it seems a good time to think about preparing for the next disaster, which could occur anytime, anywhere. Even New York City is prone to earthquakes. This is my kind of series: How to live through disasters. http://www.slate.com/id/2148772/entry/2148773/ His series covers earthquakes, nuclear bomb, subway or skyscraper attack, superworm, global warming, dirty bomb, or the avian flu/smallpox/plague. As a side note, I like this paragraph in the series (reminds me of me a bit, with my warnings of energy shortages, financial meltdown, etc. etc.): *** I should add that, based on painful experience, the whole catastrophe-preparedness notion is a guaranteed dinner-party downer, roughly on par with discussing leprosy or child molestation, and only a fool writer desperate for material would risk bringing the subject up in sociable company. "Next topic, please," one otherwise polite friend spouted when I mentioned this essay in process just before dessert. "You can bet I won't be reading that one!" another shouted out when I brought it up again with a different group a few weeks later. I didn't take it personally. No one wants to dwell on terrible news or possible future catastrophes. The widespread avoidance of the issue is what interested me in the first place. Still, it is a little sad and lonely trying to interest your friends in a litany of ways to suffer and die. |
