Thanks everyone, I appreciate all your help so far. The situation I'm in is that I rent an appartment and I don't have all that much room to prepare as i would like to (stockpiles of water, food, etc.) I do have family living in NW NJ in a pretty rural area, so that may be a possibility if I have to leave home. A couple of my concerns are being so close to NYC, poeple are really packed in here, so if there was a major emergency, I think I'd have alot of trouble getting out of the area. Any tips on this? <br>I'm also wondering if in a major emergency (i.e. another terrorist attack, major flood) I should stay put and try to wait it out, or as they say "run to the hills."<br>As far as a PSK I'll look at the other posts in the forum and put one together.<br>Thanks again,<br>Jim