Let's be shaken to our senses
      I t shouldn't take the shifting of the Earth's tectonic plates to get us thinking about emergency preparedness. Still, Thursday's jolting latenight quake centered just outside of Ventura County is as good a reason as any to start planning for the next major Los Angeles-area disaster.
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For the record
      It was incorrectly stated that retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Scott Beat was a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy. Beat did graduate from the Naval Academy, however, the school's students are referred to as midshipmen, not cadets.
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