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Here in the Bay Area we are vulnerable to an array of possible disasters.  When I think of emergency preparedness, I usually think of “the big one”.  But the recent fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond is a reminder that there are more things than earthquakes we need to prepare for.  Remember the 1991 Oakland hills fire? Even if you already have …

It seems like every few weeks we get news of yet another horrible disaster happening somewhere:  earthquakes, hurricanes, oil spills, tornadoes, tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns, wild fires, floods . . .  It’s truly overwhelming, and if you’re anything like me, you tend to live in a state of denial that it could ever happen to you.  It took the recent triple-whammy …