How about pentobarbitol, Dramamine, a bottle of wine, and a plastic bag? That'd be more useful than their plastic sheets and duct tape ... which is about the same as the "Duck and Cover" with Cold War schoolchildren told to hide under their desks and their parents given instructions on how to make a backyard or basement nuclear bomb shelter.
This *is* about medication. A fast-acting barbituate might be valuable. Tom Ridge should help us get ready by giving everyone as much as they want.