Moving from CA to KY, the state not the jelly, I am more aware of the weather than I am of the world moving under my feet.

Earthquakes are pretty bad. You do not know when they will hit (I was on the can once when an aftershock shook the building I was in) and being prepared is quite a bit different than waiting for a storm to come thru.

I was on the 10th floor of a hospital when the storm sirens went off (we have talked about them before and us 'old folks' know the fear of hearing one of those in the late 60's/early eighties)

The nurse comes in and pulls the curtains closed, the bed curtain closed and walks out the door.

Not a good feeling when you really don't know what is going to come down.

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Bascially?

I have my BC, school diploma and all my other certs and papers in a binder, those and the cat's carrier are ready to roll, after that?

I don't have alot, so whatever a storm, hurricane, tornado doesn't take? I'll be happy with that.

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9/10ths of surviving a disaster happens afterwards, if you do not prepare beforehand and survive?

Good luck with trying to make it past the first 72 hours.

Back in 1971 Sylmar earthquake, we were huddled in the driveway when I asked my mom to call the police.

She looked at me and said, "The police have bigger things to worry about."

And to this day, I refuse to think that any emergency service will drop everything to come to my house.

You have to learn to sink or swim.