gershon hepner - be prepared

The unexpected happens: be prepared,
for if you don’t your life will be a mess,
but what’s expected makes me just as scared––
it comes with consequences you can’t guess.

Daniel Yergin writes about Hurricane Katrina, pointing out that it constitutes an even bigger energy shock since those of the 70’s (“The Katrina Crisis, ” WSJ, September 2,2005) . He quotes Margaret Thatcher with approval: “The unexpected happens. You had better be prepared.”

9/2/05

gershon hepner

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