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0 disaster preparedness over here--although, I *have* been planning to get an indoor-use camp stove (some camp stoves are dangerous indoors, I guess because of the type of gas they use? not sure) in case of longer-term power outages, like hurricane Sandy. They are small so can be stored in a cabinet, but then you have a way to cook/heat things if there's no power and you have electric stoves/microwave, etc.

I've seen some on Amazon, and have just been too lazy to buy it.

We used to have a "go bag" when they told us we might be evacuated for hurricane sandy....we should probably do that again. But honestly if a disaster were to happen in the city, we'd either be going to a shelter or holing up in our apartment....getting out of the city would be impossible.

In terms of the power going out, we have some candles and flashlights but the power very rarely goes out here. All the wires are underground so we only lose power if the grid gets overloaded.

Natural disaster: we have a hard-wired automatic generator which turns on if power is out for more than 15 seconds. We have enough propane for it to run for several weeks. We also are really lucky to have a full basement and walk-in pantry, so we have several cases of bottled water and plenty of food on hand (we don’t buy food specifically for any disaster purpose, we just have more on hand since we have more space to store it). We have a bunch of flashlights, several first aid kits, etc.

Other disasters: we each have decent life insurance on the other; enough to pay off the mortgage and cushion the blow of lost income. Our estate goes to a trust for LO, so baring the trustee acting insanely irresponsibly, she would be financially ok.

We have a month food supply kit that is good for 20 years in our basement. We also have huge water containers in our garage. Our house has earthquake ties- our house is over 100 years old and sturdy. We have an ammo stockpile- but that's not for an emergency sometimes there is not much available.

We have a will- guardian for T, plans for the dogs, intentions for our real estate/assets/life insurance.

oh man... I feel like i have nothing planned out.... Weather related - if i know we're expecting a storm i make sure my gas tank if full and I have some cash on hand. We always have a case or 2 of bottled water and dry goods that can be eaten with out a heat source.

We just went on our first vacation this year to the Dominican, since we were out of the country we drafted and noterized a release of medical care to our parents who were watching LO. that way if that had to give him medical attention it would be immediate..... I'm pretty sure someone on here advised me to do it.