Whereas, preparation is one of the keys to survival, it's often more than that. It is those decisions you make just seconds after a major disaster which often determine if you live or die, drown or burn, or get blown away or buried alive. Despite what you might think, as prepared as you are, and as trained as you might be, it's incredible the amount of emotion and the chemicals running through your brain which fire off during a natural disaster (yes, I am speaking from experience). It's hard to say that one is ever completely emotionally prepared or ready for something totally out of the blue. Yes, things like wildfires, droughts, and hurricanes do give good warning. However not all disasters do, and perhaps that's my second point. You can't always be prepared for everything. Still, as an online article author I would submit to you that we need more folks writing about these topics, not scaring people, but giving people confidence that they can ma...