Being here in the middle of the country & so far from the ocean the lost at sea, hurricane, tsunami, etc. aren't on the list.

A major terriorist attack that affects the food supply chain is #1 for me. And if you're aiming for that one you will by default cover most other areas as Susan has already pointed out.

One downside with a major earthquake is that all my supplies are in our storage area & if our house collasped & burned we would be hurting until I could get resupplied.

I think everyone is susceptible to an earthquake. Keep in mind that the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 rang the church bells in Boston. Just because you haven't experienced one in your lifetime doesn't mean...

Can you split your supplies. I have a lot in my garage but have some in a closet at the other end of the house. Stuff that might get used/rotated a bit more requesnt.

I prepare fora nuclear incident. If I am prepared for that, I am prepared for just about anything!
I carry equipment & supplies with me based on where I am going and what I expect to do.
I do a Risk Assessment before I embark on anything outside of the home. It seems that very little happens to me IF I remain prepared for anticipaterd & unanticipated plot complications in this endeavor that we so fondly refer to as "LIFE".

* Economic collapse - I think this is the biggest threat we currently face
* Weather issues
* civil unrest due to a government that has ignored our constitution
* Power grid failures

The longterm stored food needs the 68 degree stable temps that are in the back corner of our Earth-berm home. Though the gear should probably be moved to the garage for easy outside access.

I've started keeping a BOB at my desk at work which has quite a few calories in it. PB, honey, sunflower seeds, oatmeal, etc. so we have a weeks basic calories in the extreme scenario of a major Stinky Stuff hitting the Rotating blades.

I live in Dallas-Ft. Worth and rarely venture out of the metropolitan areas during normal days. If I travel I do a risk assessment and try to prepare accordingly.

For the DFW Area:
Weather: Ice Storm (wide impact, probably 24-48 hours, 72 max); Tornado (localized impact, could result in 24 hr power outage to full destruction of the house); Heat Wave and drought (wide impact, power outages and water shortages, lasts probably a week to several months)

Civil Unrest - (riot? Uncertain about impact and length of time of disruption) I haven't really thought through this one.

Chemical Spill - likely evacuation for hours to several days. This already happened once in my 13 years of living here. Got to leave work early.

Hurricane - In 2005 they thought Rita was going to pass over DFW and still be a category 1 hurricane (or powerful tropical storm). Possibly wide impact but really unlikely. More likely would be lots of people descending on DFW when evacuating Houston and Gulf Coast.

Cowboys loss - possible civil disorder and unrest, followed by malaise and depression over large area. Violence response would only occur if T. Owens returns for another season. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

ZOMBIES !!!
I HATE ZOMBIES!!

Weather, loss of public utilities due to weather or other, public unrest (read riot) for whatever reason, injuries (to myself or others), bad guys in general.

We live full time in our motorhome, traveling the western US doing volunteer camp hosting to help with expenses. That probably gives us a head start over some, 'cuz we always have probably two weeks worth of food on board, 100 gals of fresh water, empty holding tanks (or near so, we dump whenever we can), a built in generator, six house batteries, solar panels to help keep them charged, a large built in propane tank, and a carry around bottle that we run off of when stopped, keeping the built in as full as possible at all times. Lots of blankets, and all season clothing, including rain gear. We have chains for it, a shovel, axe, hatchet, saw, rope, tow strap, full set of wrenches and sockets, the usual pliers and screwdrivers, etc, a set of spare hoses and belts, two fire extinguisers, and I don't recall what else. We never let the gas guage get below half (on either vehicle).

In the little 4WD SUV we tow is our tent camping gear, three person three season tent, two mummy bags, pads, lantern, axe, saw, etc, two+ days worth of food, a single burner stove with fuel, about three gal of water, two sets of chains, tools and parts similar to the ones in the RV, and a portable air compressor capable of inflating the big RV tires to 100+psi in a short time. Fire extinguiser.

CB radio built in to each vehicle, 1000 channel multi band scanner, set of FRS radios, solar/battery/crank multi band (including weather) radio. DVD/VHS player with a couple hundred DVD's.

We keep a shotgun in the RV, and as a retired LEO with HR218 card, I can carry my Karh MK-40 nationwide (and usually do).

As a former EMT I have put together a pretty good little first aid kit (actually two, one in each vehicle), so if we get ourselves hurt, or come upon someone else injured, we can at least do some pretty good first aiding.

Our theory is that if we are in the boonies when things happen, we can live unassisted for quite a while. If in a more urban area, we can get the heck out of Dodge (if the roads will allow)...

PREFACE: 61 YEAR OLD REMOTE STORE OWNER - BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO. 911 calls can expect 30min to 2hr response. Locals recommend calling 911 to inform the dispatcher how you solved your problem and where they can contact you tomorrow.

IN ORDER OF CONCERN - My top 10

1. Armed holdup - home invasion - bungled burglary
2. Robbery/mugging or trapped in Boise
3. Pit Bull-Rottweiler attack at store or in Boise
4. Car on fire in parking lot next to store
5. Wolf/bear attack of hunting dogs and pack llamas
6. Tanker/fuel accident in front of store on hwy 55
7. Stranded on wilderness hike in winter storm
8. Forest/grass fire
9. Failure of the Cascade, Idaho dam
10. Isolation due to epic/social event

Prepare for everything except the social collapse. Sounds a lot like the chaos after the Rapture. I for one have already made plans to be "away" when that occurs. :-)

TEOTWAWKI? "The end of the world as we know it?" Not sure if this is the correct interpetation of the abbreviation - but this may be possible if we get hit by a huge metorite or such.