From Yahoo’s News Feed:

State Assemblyman Pedro Nava fled Wednesday with his wife, two dogs and a cat. They tossed pictures, documents and a few days of clothes into a car and went to the home of a friend.

“I’ve learned how important preparation is in an emergency,” he said. “The public has to be prepared to move, and in Santa Barbara they are prepared. When the police squad car came through with loudspeakers telling us to leave, there was no arguing. And they will all be back.”

Just now?

There are about a gazillion risk analysts and emergency preparedness gurus tearing their hair out when predicable disasters happen, and THEN folks say, “Gee, I’ve finally learned my lesson!”

No screaming eagle shit, Batman, we’ve only been putting out warnings since Pompeii…

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