Disaster simulation and scenario planning constitute a critical practice to help understand the consequences of catastrophic events, and to be better prepared for them. Lucas Roebuck picked up some of my early work around the uses of SimCity in urban simulation, planning, and city culture to consider if "SimDisasters" could help us be prepared for the real thing." Roebuck argues that some of the things done at SimCity provide lessons that can be applied on the real world. However, like I proposed in "A City is not a Toy"(PDF 1MB) I believe that SimCity offers little value other than as cultural stimulation and interpretation, and that its uses as a simulator are not only limited but counter productive. Disaster simulation is progressing in much more useful and challenging fronts. SimCity does offer interesting insights but they are not related significantly to disaster preparedness.