<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Joany Janicki raised an issue about disaster preparedness for Y2K. However, there are lots of natural disasters that can occur at any time, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados. I doubt that celiacs can eat very well in any shelter, so having a stash of food (and medicines too) to grab in a disaster seems like a very good idea, or at least enough supplies of food and water at home to handle an extended period of no municipal services. Those of us in earthquake country prepare our homes for disaster, but we need to have supplies for celiac eating on hand whether our house falls down around us or not. Ellen Switkes Oakland, Ca