DUCK AND COVER: I suspect it’s good advice for other natural disasters (hurricanes, blizzards, earthquakes, etc.) as well. Our government's (think FEMA) “run about, scream-and-shout” strategy of evacuating every time Nature blinks does little more than clog the roads to prevent an emergency response.

I trust individual initiative a bit more that the government’s duly-certified ‘we are here to save you’ experts.

For those who are interested, Instapundit frequently posts on disaster preparedness. See here and here. Or if you want more, go to Instapundit and enter 'disaster preparedness' in the search box (right column; scroll down)