Basic weather forecasting.
While weather forecasting sounds mamsy pamsy, it's important. We had severe weather west of us and the weathermen were telling everyone down river to beware of flooding. The local tv stations had timetables of when the floods would be hitting each town. Sheeple were still clueless. We secured our outside stuff and were finishing up securing the neighbors' when the waters hit and they drove up - gee, we heard about flooding but uh, hmm. Nearby areas were evacuating and we could hear their loud speakers one the next street over but because they didn't notify our street the sheeple stayed put. We called the sheriff's dept. several times to beg them to specifically notify our street. I knew how high the water could get and we could get out so I kept watch. That night, we and one neighbor packed up and headed together to higher ground. During the night, people were awoken with water in their homes and by then it was too late to get out. The next day, we went back home and everyone was still clueless and wondered how we knew to bug out. Another time, I'd run an errand during a happy little rain only to find the road home was impassable minutes later. It's not just floods, but what are you going to do during other weather situations and when those cause power outages? Does your family have paper maps (and can read them) to know alternative routes when their cell phones aren't working? Are the paper maps detailed enough to show all the back roads since the highways and major roads will be at a stand still?