THE DIAL: Your reporting often focuses on societies living with chronic instability, whether conflict, displacement, or political violence. This piece examines a different threat — a natural disaster that everyone knows is coming, but no one really knows when. THE DIAL: You discuss a paradox whereby Romanians are acutely aware of this danger, but many choose not to prepare for it. AP: An upcoming disaster is relatively easy to ignore: You know it will happen in the future, but it’s not a concrete, immediate danger. But most people don’t know this exists.