While a fair question ... I can't think I've ever had something cause any real "anxiety" in me. Grew up with earthquakes coming out of the blue - no big deal (never had catastrophic damage by me). Wildfires? Never that close to me. Flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes? Never seen one. 9/11 I was at work, on the west coast. Sure, we all thought LA was next, but I wasn't anxious, I was running over mental scenarios and whether I'd be called off my paid job to staff a volunteer municipal job.

My work since '96 has been either EMS or health care. I've never had a really crazy event to even 'test' whether I'd GET anxious. Multi-car wrecks are about the extent of mass-casualty events that I've done. Sure, sometimes at work I can get testy, irritable, or just plain pissed off, but rarely what anyone would describe as anxious. It really makes me wonder if it's training, lack of a large enough event to trigger it (living in Syria or the Sudan would probably do it!), or if it's truly my disposition.

Maybe someday I'll be able to report back.