When it comes to preparedness, nothing is too much in my opinion. Many of these posts have excellent warnings. The first and foremost item to have on hand in an emergency is knowledge and/or the refrence material to find the knowledge. When I think of disaster, I think BIG; maybe you will not have access to the "medical establishment", phone, internet, or even transportation. Wouldn't it be lovely to be in that situation with a family member in serious pain and the nurse from next door asks if you have any codeine, but you have to tell her, "Well, I almost ordered some a while back, but since I didn't know too much about it, I just let it go..."?

Great scott, people, get the stuff you need to survive and learn how to use it. Even if you don't know how to use it, maybe someone in your company will.

flame retardant statement; like I said there are some good warnings in these posts, learn them, learn a lot more.