Actually, I was pondering that question in a more general sense yesterday after watching one of the video lectures on the Shakeout website. Or maybe on one of the other videos I linked to...I forget. Anyway, I heard the factoid that in a really big earthquake, the ground can shift side to side at 6 feet per second. If you've ever seen those security camera photos of the Kobe earthquake, you'll know what that's like. Just look at this video clip. That's insane! And in the truly big quakes, the ground can keep moving for many looooong minutes.

As long as your water containers won't bang into something sharp enough to puncture them, or have something nearby that could fall on top of them, I would imagine that they should be OK (I think this is basically the kind of question you're asking, right TeacherRO?). I keep my Aquatainers out in the garage, next to one wall. I should probably rig up a rope or strap that goes around the jugs and holds them against the wall to keep them from scooting across the floor or repeatedly bashing against my car door like a gang of hooligans after a football match.

Not to be a smart alec, but outside if you can and in a rigid container. Less likely to get squashed that way. *shrugs* That's the best I can come up with.

I rather liked this video. Short, sweet, and to the point. Or is that to the blunt?

Yeah, we even got the EAS test on our Dish Network.

One thing I did get, one kept with bug out tools, and another by our gas meter, is a shutoff wrench-


Although it's use as a pry bar or hammer would be limited.

I loved the quotation from one article:

"Eric Seiver, 36 years old, who works at a Starbucks, says he is keeping a little extra food and water around the house. But if a real emergency struck, "There's a 7-Eleven on the corner, so I'd probably just go there."

Thirty-six years old, and only two working brain cells. (shakes head). And how many people does that attitude represent?

Sue

Do you really need a brain to work at Starbucks?

Actually yes, wife got a part time job there to get out of the house and you have to remember how to make all those overpriced drinks and have to suggest what side item goes well with what coffee and such. I lean back and let her order when we go through the drive through because her drink usually takes a paragraph.

Check out the tins of mints/gum at Starbucks. One makes a great protective case for a signal mirror, and another wrks well of fire starting materials.

That's been my experience as well. My youngest daughter worked at a coffee shop like Starbucks her senior year. Maybe a good place for an up and coming chef to start, although eventually she's gonna have to do some pearl diving.

I've found that most of their mints/gum have nutrisweet though so I pass on them.