Being Pepared

     With all the mishaps that present themselves in today's world, you would think that people would be prepared for bad situations more often. Recently, a Carnival Cruise Ship was reportedly "about 150 miles off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula...when a fire broke out in an engine room." This fire was contained yet it halted its trip back to port. This cruise line should have had been prepared for this incident. The passengers were stuck stationary for 3days while waiting on another ship to tow the cruise line back to port. One passenger reported,  "they had no power, no running water, there was sewage running down the walls and floors." One would think that a multi-milion dollar cruise line would have been more prepared for such an incident. This cruise line should have food available for the passengers in case of crisis. 

     This article reminded me of a day it snowed at school. Though my situation is not as major as this one I was still unprepared. I woke up for school one cold winter morning in a huge rush. While, rushing out the door, scrambling to get my books together, I cold not find my jacket. I knew it was cold outside and that I probably needed a coat, but I thought to myself "I will be inside for most of the day anyway." Since I was already running late I did not take the time to look for my jacket. I froze to death walking to get inside the building but when I walked in it was warm inside and I did not think much of it. In my first period class, however, I received some bad news. One of my friends proceeded to tell me that there was a "60% chance for snow" on that day and after my second period class it started snowing just like she had said. I had not brought a jacket or warm shoes to school and walking out in the snow to my car, I wished that I had taken the time to be prepared for a cold day. It is always a good idea to be prepared.