If it can happen to our citizens there, it can happen to us anywhere.

[BigmanPigman]

8. You are preaching to the choir.

I not only have detailed plans and a fantastic earthquake kit and preparations, but I have given them to my family and neighbors as Christmas gifts (that is where/when I got mine from). I was a teacher and we had drills all the time. I learned a lot by watching videos from Japan. If you are in a room you should not go under a desk to protect yourself, you should crouch next to it since when the roof drops it actually creates a little space like a right angle and protects you best. I even have hand crank and solar powered radios, lights, cell chargers and keep my land lines as insurance since cells can go out.