That is the take-away advice of an article from The Province, for anyone in the wake of a significant natural calamity. 

“You are most assuredly on your own for a period of days after a disaster. The better prepared you are, the better off you’ll be.”

That is the bottom line according to the article: “Quake planning exercise shows you’re on your own.” This article discusses the series of exercises conducted in northwestern United States and western Canada. The exercises are conducted to evaluate and test the prepared plans that each community has in place for calamities or natural or man-made disasters.

There is a wealth of personal and family preparedness data at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Website; the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Website and the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency Website. Good advice for everyone is to be prepared for the worst … because if it happens, surely, you will be on your own for the first 72 – 96 hours.