Wow, Meadowlark, that's a pretty good set up you have there. Hardly any reason to get up out of bed every day!

I have thought about the "not putting things under the bed" argument from time to time since I also live in earthquake country, but I think that if something large enough (like the ROOF!) is on top of my bed, I'm in some really serious trouble. Especially if I'm also in the bed at the time.

In addition to some of the items you already listed, I also keep my cell phone on the nightstand every night. A regular landline phone would work, too.

I have an alarm system and I also keep a spare remote next to my bed. Just another option to call for help or maybe scare off an intruder with the sound of the alarm.

I used to keep my NOAA radio on standby next to the bed for a long time for things like chemical spills from train derailments (I used to live near some tracks) or a wildfire evacuation in the middle of the night, but I've concluded that local authorities never seem to activate the EAS around here. I'd keep it if we had severe weather around here but we don't, so it's sitting in a drawer right now.