So my brother in law and his wife live out in the D.C. area, They have seen their share of SHTF situations in the last year with the tropical storm that went through and left them without power for quite some time, the earthquake, and now the storms that rolled through a couple days ago......again they are out of power! We have tried to convince them to prepare for stuff like this by getting a generator, some flash lights, some food stores etc. and they just kind of shrug it off. They always talk about how prepared we are when they come visit (secretly I think they think we are nuts). I get on FB this morning and they are talking about how horrible it is with no lights, no A.C., no way to keep the food in the fridge cool, and no way to cook. I guess some people just dont have the gut feelings we do and will never get the hint!