We have raised a lot of money. But we're still helping people with disaster relief efforts for the Oklahoma City bombing -- and that was six years ago.
We don't recommend buying gas masks since you need to be trained to use them properly, but if you sleep better at night because you have them, go ahead and include those in your disaster kit.
The easiest and most important thing a family can do is simply have a conversation about what they would do in the event of a disaster and put together a disaster kit.