This is interesting coming from a Government agency on preparedness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ8K3ofGWrQ&feature=player_embedded#at=11
Have a Plan.....if your kids are at school, work, a friends house and something happens where will you meet? Make sure everyone has a backpack with a 72 hour kit inside. (make sure they now how to use everything in it). Practice drills yearly.
Disaster kits & Plans
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2008/10/23/emergency-plans-disaster-kits/