Let's be shaken to our senses
      It shouldn't take the shifting of two enormous tectonic plates to get us thinking about emergency preparedness. Still, Thursday's early morning earthquake that hit just outside of Simi Valley is as good a reason as any to start planning for the next major Los Angeles-area disaster.
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Question of the Week
How prepared are you and your family in the event of a serious natural disaster?
     LARA TABBARA, 33 Business specialist "We're probably not very prepared. It's not something we think about often."
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