When we went through the Northridge earthquate in 1994 we were so unprepared. My DH and I were both born and raised in CA, so you'd think we would know better having lived through many earthquakes, but most are minor so you start to not take them seriously.
The Northridge quake was the only time I have ever felt truly scared during an earthquake. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and I think that made me feel even more vulnerable. Of course everything was a mess. No electricity, no gas, no ability to get food at the market and nothing open. We had very spare cupboards as I was planning to go on my weekly restocking trip that day. I remember my DH was so concerned that I keep eating, (although already being the size of a parade float it was probably hardly necessary
). He pulled everything out of the cupboards and proceeded to make something called "prison spread". He learned it from a formerly incarcerated employee of his parents. Apparently the idea is derived from the prisoners buying items from the vending machines and mixing them all together with condiments to create something "homemade".
It consisted of tuna, mayo, mustard, cheese, canned peas, olives, crushed walnuts and some assorted seasonings we had on hand. Since we had no bread, we ate it on Fritos!! It was actually pretty good!!
Thankfully things got up and running again with in a day or two and we had my well stocked parents nearby. So you'd think after that we'd have a stockpiled earthquake survival kit stored away. Nope!! If the big one hits tomorrow we'll be eating prison spread again!!
Do you guys remember on one of our last 
runs that someone from the OTHER thread tried to steal it. Then Lisa suggested that we should casually peek at how their thread was going? Well, they're at 6891 as we speak. Not sure though how long it will take them. Just something to consider...
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