I started thinking it thru when I first got the boys 16 years ago. It falls into two categories for me. Immediate danger (wake up in the middle of the night and the house is on fire/cracking in half from an earthquake or tornado) or you have some warning (hurricane is heading up the coast to your area over the next few hours/couple days).

For no notice, I'd grab Pookey and react accordingly. This area is not hurricane/earthquake/forrest fire prone; Building fires and Tornados would be the most probable natural disasters to hit this region. We'd sit in the inner bathroom for a Tornado and we'd get out of the house to the car for a building fire (I could keep him with friends in a true emergency in a spare room or board him at the vets temporarily) I can buy all the cat basics at any grocery store.

With a little more warning, I know the items I'd grab if I had to evacuate. I've thought about do not aside emergency meds and food (Stanley was the only one needing meds later in life, Pookey doesn't yet)... Both expire and spoil... I'd have warning, I'd take basic supplies I have at home and pack the car up (he'd be in a cat carrier). Since we aren't prone to large scale distructive events (hurricanes/earthquakes/forrest fires) due to the location/geography, I can't think of anything that would have a long lead time for warning. It would be a hurricane of a magnitude we've never seen before hit the East Coast to get this far inland (we had high winds and strong rain from a Cat 4/5 before, but it slowed down to below hurricane category going over a lot of land to get to us). I live on a hill of sorts, so if there is a flood, I am not driving anywhere out of the lot -- I'm heading to the roof and waiting on Noah to take Pookey at that point...
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

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