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Writer's Block: Be Prepared

  • Dec. 4th, 2008 at 11:53 AM
lamborghini gallardo

We live in uncertain times. Earthquakes, hurricanes, the ever-present threat of zombies—do you have a disaster plan ready in case one of these things happens to you?


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Generally in the case of an earthquake I roll over and go back to sleep. If I feel the P-wave coming I rush to the nearest computer and get on geonet to see the seismograph record, or if at work I watch the seismologists cock their heads and count miles between P and S waves and argue about how far away it was and in what direction.

In case of a hurricane I dunno, I've never been in one.

In case of zombies, I barricade myself in the type room and spend my remaining hours with the dinosaur fossils, tooling up with a rockhammer when the zombies start to break down the door, and take as many with me as I can ...