Diaster preparedness improving

It finally happened.

Nearly four months to the day of the tsunami warning of June 14, the city of Newport Beach managed to allocate some time during its afternoon study session to give our fire chief, Tim Riley, the opportunity to discuss disaster preparedness. If you missed it -- which you probably did, since there were only two of us in the audience -- you missed an excellent presentation.

It was impressive, honest and refreshing. I strongly recommend that you try to catch the rerun of the City Council study session, or better yet, watch the rerun on your computer.