This was the mantra of the trade. Most people treated preparedness like a shopping list; Elias treated it like choreography. He was paid to turn anxiety into muscle memory.
"Is it over?" Marcus whispered, his voice cracking. quakeprep
The training took over. His hand opened the door; his boots hit the pavement. He counted the seconds—the "P-wave" warning time. He had maybe ten seconds before the destructive S-waves arrived. This was the mantra of the trade