Duck and Cover? Even as grade school kids we laughed how absurd it was.
Candles, matches and a radio with batteries. Amazing how the basics get overlooked.
My mom gave me my grandmother’s canning tongs. Probably 100 years old. I used them last year when we canned pickles.
For anyone interested - FEMA recommendations
Living in Maine, we have to be prepared. We weren’t for the Ice Storm of ‘98. After that, we bought a large generator. We’ve since bought a small one that’s safe for electronics. It’s also good for our cabin. Our cabin is off grid so we could stay there if we needed to. We seriously thought about relocating there at the beginning of the pandemic. We have a lot of canned and other nonperishable foods stored there. We also have a 1,000-gallon cistern that collects filtered rainwater.
Going to bank today and will make sure to withdraw $$$ for our home safe…bc in reading this thread, I see DH and I dipped into it during Covid for cash only take out purchases.
I like having cash for purchases, “ just in case.” It can be so useful! Cash works, even in power outages and when computers are down.
San Andreas Fault is somewhere north of us.
Thanks for the reminder! I need to open up the emergency bins-2 Costco rubbermaid containers.
I vaguely remember radio, camp stove, camp pots and pans, emergency blankets, cash, list of family phone numbers, change for public phones, LOL!, canned goods, medicines.
The last time I checked it, we had baby formula in it for our now twenty something/thirty something kids!
You plan ahead.
I usually think of disaster as losing all our money, not weather so much. The cost of ownership of the cabin in Maine is so low we could live quite well there on just a portion of our Social Security. However, if we became dependent on SS and it failed, I guess we’d be out of luck. We do think of the cabin as our “$*!& hits the fan” plan, though. Hunting is excellent and we back up to Maine’s best source of land-locked salmon. We have a well, so electricity is our biggest vulnerability. We have a generator and a propane heating source, but if the grid fails long term and access to propane is cut off, we’d be in trouble if disaster struck during the winter in Maine. We have solar but no generator (yet) in AZ and residential water could become a problem, so I think we’d be safer in Maine. We live in the woods, perhaps we should be thinking about a wood stove…
We have a generator that can power everything we need in our house. And we have a propane powered gas grill. We aren’t going to starve and we aren’t going to freeze or boil.
If something happens that is VERY long term, we would be in the same boat as everyone else.
I live in an area that loses power frequently.
I nagged my hubby ceaselessly to get a (not automatic) generator after hurricane Sandy. We have used it several times since then and I am so glad we have it. We are lucky to have a propane stove so we can always cook.
I have spare batteries for flashlights, just in case a power outage happens at night.
I usually have one of those three gallon water containers. I used it at the last bbq, so I need to get another.
One bedroom is very far from the ground so we have an emergency ladder in the closet. It’s an old house and the bedroom is “grandfathered” in.
We have a fireproof lockbox and everything important is in it.
I guess we are somewhat prepared for emergencies.
Not really but this thread is encouraging me to make one. Electrical outages from storms are our biggest problem. No tornadoes or earthquakes, wildfires or mudslides….just snow and rain. We do have a natural gas generator that will run most of our large appliances including A/C and our cooktop, grill , furnace and one fireplace are all natural gas. So electricity outages aren’t too problematic. We always keep a good supply of water and canned goods but if there’s a longer term disaster…… no garden or local hunting (not that I hunt or garden 
) although valley forge national park is close and it’s always full of deer so maybe in a dire situation 
. I also keep about $5k in cash just in case.
“Do you have a disaster plan?” No. We have a wine cellar, and we know how to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew. 
Kidding aside, we sort of do. I keep our camping gear handy, and we have plenty of firewood and a stream on the property.
It was so wild when my sister in Austin was melting snow to flush the toilet!! Just the fact that there was enough snow to melt was astounding. She lives just around the corner from @Youdon_tsay.
Buy some good solar garden lights of fairly large size with a good reflective glass. They’ll light your house up inside at night. Just keep them in the box in case of emergency. Better than using flashlights.
Have a fairly large battery pack but contemplating a larger size. And a solar one.
A water proof file box to dump important papers into in case of evacuation. Extra gas for car.
Longest we’ve been without power is two weeks. A long two weeks…
Disaster plan? Um, no. I have a difficult time just planning beyond my next meal. 
I’m winging it. And I have my home gym. I’m good.
Not a plan but lots of resources.
I have many friends I can count on to assist with needs. Between all of us there’s not much we can’t accomplish.
If it’s a nourishment issue, I have a productive garden, a greenhouse, plenty of game on my property and ways to filter water. I also have a well stocked pantry.
I have a small generator that could get me by with the necessities (heat, water, refrigeration).
I have plenty of camping gear and could be comfortable outside for quite a while. I have the ability to hike or bike if necessary.
I have firearms and plenty of ammunition in case needed.
I do have a small “kit” in my truck that would make getting home easier if needed.
I think I’m pretty prepared for most short term issues. Long term, I think I’m more prepared than most.
I’ll make sure NOT to visit @MarylandJOE ‘s property if a disaster hits. 
Reminds me of old Aesop’s fable about ants preparing for winter and grasshopper who did not.
Time to restock our canned goods and drinks. Gave away (before they expired) to food bank.
Rarely have outages.
Hey @sushiritto , if you have one of those fancy “All In One” home gyms, why would you need to visit anywhere? Like you said, “I’m good”. 
Remind him to add a tin hat to the stockpile in that disaster plan.