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Perhaps the best lesson we can extract from such activity as this thread has produced is just how fragile our delicate lives are, how much comfort we live in and take for granted day to day.
Agreed. I guess that is why we are all here anyway. To give ourselves a bit of reality check.

We should be cautious to ensure the pendulum doesn't swing too far the other direction. I am always amused by those who spend so much time and effort preparing for or preventing really unlikely events they don't have time to change the batteries in their smoke alarms. Or the people who don't wear seat belts for fear of getting trapped in their car under water.