If you would like to learn more about emergency preparedness, Popular Mechanics has details to fill a month of Sundays. Check out How to Disaster-Proof Your Life at http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/survival/tips/disaster-proof-your-life
It has topics on Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, Wildfires, Blizzards, Tornadoes, Home Fires, Blackouts, etc.
A 2009 Red Cross study found that more than half of all Americans had personally experienced an emergency in which they’d either lost power for three days, had to evacuate or had to provide serious first aid to others. Yet the same survey found that only 12 percent of Americans had taken adequate disaster-preparedness steps.
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