I live in the midwest and have no idea how to prepare for an earthquake. What I can tell you is that my intuition is very strong. If I had that feeling come to me I would be preparing for it to come true. Isn't there some type of CA Emergency Preparedness website you could use as a guide to put supplies together? We have several relative that live in SoCal and I know they all have supplies put together in case of emergency.
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