It's very tense work -- we have to be careful. Pirates are very well armed and we have to be prepared for attacks on us as well as on the commercial shipping in the area.

We dropped what we were doing and sped to Cairns to offer our support.

Forwarn'd, forearm'd, unless in the case of Cuckolds, who are often forearm'd before warn'd

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

At least Jacob is prepared and armed and surrounded by guys who are there to protect him. Which a lot more than we are just walking down the street.

We're now considerably better prepared to deal with code-red situations, in which an armed assailant is on campus. Before then, we mainly emphasized earthquake preparedness. We've been conducting fewer drills for earthquakes lately, but we're making more preparations for them this year.