At some point, I will have to talk about disasters.

Emergency Preparedness is my second job at the hospital.

They say that pessimists make better incident commanders,

because they are ready for things to go wrong,

and thus prepare for more problems.

I started preparing as a kid.

I always enjoyed disaster themed entertainment.

That was probably helped by growing up

with the threat of nuclear war!

I also lived in Germany,

where the threat of Soviet invasion was considered quite real.

When I was 9, my mother explained that if the Soviets invaded,