Originally Posted by
crunchingnumbers
Stage 1 - Nothing is going to happen
Stage 2 - Something may be going to happen but we should do nothing about it
Stage 3 - Maybe we should do something about it, but there is nothing we can do
Stage 4 - Maybe there is something we could have done, but it's too late now
yep, that sounds about right
perhaps the next stage is
Stage 5 - standing by until the next "event", then return to
Stage 1