Honestly I have been surprised at some of the paths that this thread has taken on since I first posted it. My personal planning is set up for three time periods, short term (0-2 weeks), intermediate term (3-8 weeks) and long term (8 weeks +). I live in a fairly small town that is on the outskirts of the largest metropolitan area in the state.

The most likely senarios would involve short term and maybe intermediate term situations (Katrina style situations) Currently I am a little farther away from the coast now than I was prior to Katrina but will most likely be heading back closer in time. I'm certainly not building an arsenal by any means but my family had first hand experience with Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi and it does not take very long for those who were not prepared and stocked up with food, water, batteries, etc. to start trying to take it away from those that did prepare.

The longer term and much less likely senarios would involve things such as a bird flu (or similar) epidemic or a terrorist attack on one of the five nuclear power plants that my state has in it.

In a perfect world the ammo will end up being shot at the range by my kids one day but since our world is not perfect I will continue to make plans to protect my family from "any and all threats both foreign and domestic."