Have you lived through a tornado, active shooter event, hurricane, earthquake, ever had to evacuate? Please share below.. I will start, I have lived through a hurricane, earthquakes, blackout, snow event, high winds event due to a tornado and have deployed to a combat zone in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I feel I could be better prepared with emergency supplies, stockpile of foods, I am currently working on stashing cash regularly and consistently and keeping my gas tank half full, bit by bit.