One earthquake in CA left us without electric power for about four days. I checked the gas meter and line and did not shut it off, but many neighbors did. They had to wait for over a week to have the gas company turn it back on. You are not allowed to do that yourself. I got out my old cowboy enamel coffee pot and made perked java on the stove. We thought we were 'roughing it!'
That's the way people in Florida are about hurricanes. The grocery stores fill up with shoppers like its Armageddon and the shelves empty in a couple of days.