Timely: An iPhone App That Warns You When Earthquakes Are Coming

In the wake of every natural disaster, people are often left uttering the same sad refrain: "If only we could have known this was going to happen." Along with luck, preparedness is the key to surviving most any disaster, even if that preparedness is hastily thrown together. When earthquakes strike, like they did in Japan earlier this year and on America's East Coast yesterday, minutes and seconds can mean the difference between life and death. Today, technology may have finally caught up with disaster victims' desire to see the future.