"I'm not sure that we have any such plan." I don't know whether or not there is such a plan, nor do any of us know if there is an effective plan in place which will be properly executed when the time comes. Judging from public statements, I suspect effort has been devoted to planning in this area.


I am just a tad more optimistic than you - not to say there won't be trials and tribulations and definite challenges,along with significant loss of life.

Some of us here in SoCal have stockpiled water and supplies and most of us have water inadvertently stored in hot water heaters and toilet tanks. There are campaigns and PSAs, etc. to raise public awareness and preparedness for EQs - not totally effective, most likely, but still of value.

I am confident we will see a massive response to an incident here, but I agree it will take time. I am good for about three weeks, pretty easily. "72 hours" is better than nothing, but it likely will not be enough.