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While the much anticipated "big one" could be the most destructive of possibilities in our region, it has been the run of the mill winter storm that has been the most frequent type of event in which we have found our preps useful. Having emergency light and heat, plenty of food, propane for cooking, a way to charge the cell phones, the battery powered radio, the means to remove debris (fallen trees and limbs) from the house/driveway/street are things that been useful over the years. Most recently it was the ice storm that hit our area a couple of years ago. We were without power and cable for almost 2 weeks, and the neighborhood was isolated by fallen trees and downed power lines. While it is the habit of some of our neighbors to bail out to a motel or the homes of near-by relations until normalcy is restored, we have always considered such events good "practice."Prepping is more applicable to a natural disaster occurring than some end of the civilized world armagedon scenario. In the Pacific Northwest that probably means earthquakes or related geologic activity.
Given the current tendency of our current leadership to mismanage our energy resources as well as the world situation, I'd be more concerned about a grid down type of scenario than the once in a hundred thousand years geologic event.