It is obviously just a matter of time before the “big one” - and, if just based on the periods between previous events, we are due. I was talking to a environmental geologist and some others because they were laughing about some woman that has a car-topper on her van filled with emergency supplies. She lived in Redmond and works in Seattle. While she did seem a bit hysterical, I did comment that with those supplies, she might do a lot better than others that are stuck in Seattle for a week or more after the big one hits. Access into and out of Seattle is primarily over large bridges, which will only serve as artificial reefs for any rescue efforts.
The one laughing last may do it best. Good for the woman in your story.