Prepared, not scared: Get ahead of whatever mother nature has in store next

By Courtney Morris If you’ve lived in Houston long enough, you may equate emergency preparedness with hurricane hustle: the last-minute to-do list check-off as the Gulf sends another storm our way. This February, an Arctic front reminded us we have more seasons to consider than the active tropics June 1 to Nov. 30. Whether the disaster comes from Mother Nature, emergency preparedness is...