Are you kidding? I fear ALL natural disasters; the tsunami the Eastern Seaboard may experience if part of the Canary Islands fall into the sea … hurricanes, twisters, flooding, fire in a highrise. I watch this stuff on TV all the time and shudder and thank my lucky stars. And the one I fear most is Yellowstone exploding over its shuddering volcano, causing nuclear winter over the world. But then, you gotta go sometime. You may as well shrug, take another drink and say "Kismet!"

I was flying in to land at  JFK back in the ’60s when the Eastern Seaboard disappeared into darkness under us as the electronic grid collapsed. We had to go on to Canada. That wasn’t exactly "natural," but it was a disaster I lived through. I was a Bel Air houseguest during the last great L.A. earthquake and the bedroom exploded as if a train were driving through it. I ran out on the tennis court and stood there with the ground shaking. The butler of the house was standing next to me in a robe with a big bulge in his pocket. I said, "Is that a gun or are you just glad to see me?" He laughed and pulled out a gun. "There might be looters!" he announced. There weren’t, of course. Two hours later he put me on the plane to New York just before they closed down the shattered Los Angeles airport. As the plane cleared the ground, people applauded and the stewardess announced, "Free drinks for everybody!" though it was early morning. I don’t think anybody refused that drink …