As fears about swine flu spread around the world, Mike Hodgkinson reports from LA where a state of emergency has already been called – and finds it's business as usual Full Story »
Posted by Adam Florin
Catastrophic fires destroy entire neighbourhoods on an annual basis in the Golden State, floods knock houses off hillsides with equal frequency. Nature’s dark side is part of the daily reality here, and the phrase “state of emergency” is usually greeted not with a sense of shock, or panic, but one of familiarity.
