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Chicago Tribune talks about the possibility of a major earthquake in the Midwest. An excerpt:

Midwesterners may not know it, but there are active fault lines deep beneath America's heartland ( Read more... )

New York Magazine: Remain Calm"Avian flu, hurricane, chemical spill, terrorist bomb, earthquake: Whatever the next apocalypse is, New York-and New Yorkers-are getting ready for it. But have we done enough? The strategies and tactics of survival ( Read more... )

This page is primarily about how to prepare for a major earthquake in the California area; however, it covers possible other sources of water in your home should the plumbing fail, various methods of storing emergency water, and gives ratios of how much bleach to water to use to disinfect found water.