Welcome to BAUT, Lexi. If you haven't seen them already, here's the rules. Hope you enjoy the conversations here, there's a lot to learn.

I don't think wanting the future to have less of the kinds of disasters that may be preventable, or at least able to be mitigated, is in any way "negative". Wanting to make the world a better place, for our kids or someone else's, is a positive, in my opinion. Nor do I think trying to anticipate the possibility of harmful situations is "untrue", since the more information you have, the better you can make plans.

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