The Great Northwest Shakeout (Are you ready for an emergency in your area)

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The Pacific Northwest and specifically Oregon is predicted to have an earthquake with a potential magnitude of 9 within the next 50 years, a 37% probability experts say. I know that when I lived in California, the San Andreas fault was expected to move at anytime and drop a big piece of the state into the ocean. That did not happen, though some fairly severe quakes did. Our threat comes from the Cascade Subduction Zone, two huge plates in the Pacific that are rubbing each other the wrong way. A big slip means a big quake. So, as people usually do when some disaster is predicted, we mostly ignore it, though we have stored quite a bit of bottled water in the garage and have some extra canned goods on hand. With a quake like that, there would be no power, no running water, roads might be unpassable and bridges would probably be gone. A tsumani would flood coastal area and make our many rivers flood too. Those reliable first responders might be unable to reach anyone for days, even their own families. Today there is a drill going on in the state to develop more awareness and galvanize us to be better prepared. I guess we have the choice of being fatalistic or rounding up some emergency rations. I never have liked beef jerky though. Do you prepare for tornadoes, hurricanes floods or the Zombie Apocalypse?