The warning came too soon.
Irena had a heightened sense of catastrophe that was out of proportion to the threat. She inhabited the threat for days, and it impacted every hour.
Preparations had been made as soon as the warning had been broadcast, so that all threat readiness was complete, but it left the time hanging between the warning and the event. It was impossible for her to settle to any activity that would have occupied her if there had not been a warning.
As the hours retreated from the warning and turned into days, Irena realised she had been holding her breath and told herself she’d over-reacted, and finally decided the warning had been over-played. Irena undid all the preparations she’d made and went back to her normal way of being.
Then, disaster struck.
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