I think the concept that you will *need* to walk around armed after a disaster begs the question, what do you fear or what adversaries will you face? If you already live in a marginal (defn: crime-ridden) neighborhood then yes, arming yourself when the police can no longer respond seems a prudent thing to do. But after most disasters, folks you see on the street are far more likely to help you than to attack you. Just sayin'.

For me, a far more likely scenario is a flood event, say the Green River Valley gets a historical flood, and we're sheltering 12,000 people from Auburn and Kent (which are strong Second Amendment cities - gun ownership is high). People who are flooded out don't want to leave their guns behind, so they will be coming out, in the public, and approaching our Red Cross shelters, possibly with guns. They will be openly carrying with or without a concealed carry permit, which is required in Washington state - so the cops will have to adjust their enforcement on that. They are carrying not for personal protection during the flood per se, they are carrying because like all flood refugees they have everything with them, and their guns are valuable and they don't want to lose them to the floodwaters. We can't have weapons in shelters, so I am an advocate for surrendering your weapons to the King County sheriff - take a claim check, and pick your weapon(s) up when you want them back. So far I don't think the sherriff's office has any contingency plan to hold weapons, so maybe this is moot - alot of folks then will have to leave their weapons with non-flooded friends, or keep them in cars etc, which cause a whole lot of theft issues.