Reply #3: Minimal preparations, here. [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

As an apartment dweller many options are limited, but I've been building up my savings, have a two-week store of bottled water and canned food set aside which can be quickly and easily put in my car. Have a fairly complete first aid kit already in the car. I can't store gas, but keep my tank topped off, never let it get below 1/4 tank down. Also have a siphon hose in my trunk, and a light chainsaw.

I'm less worried, and less prepared, for economic collapse scenarios than for rapid evacuation scenarios -- if a Cat 5 comes inland and takes out the power for weeks, like Fran did, or if there's a terror hit on the Shearon Harris nuke plant.