We were in the great Kansai earthquake of 1995 (Japan) which happened just before 6 am. By 6 pm, the army had a water wagon set up at a nearby school. My daughter, then age 9, went to stand in line to collect the 2 gallon water ration for our family.
She reported back that the only disturbance was from an orderly crowd trying to urge an old woman forward so she wouldn't have to stand in line like everyone else. However, the old woman insisted on waiting her turn.
Man, I love the Japanese... they are so civilized. And they haven’t at all gone down the cultural gutter like the West has. No coincidence that they also hang together in a crisis.
We used to be like that here. When we got bombed in the WTC in 1993 there were thousands of people packed in a hundred-story smoky stairwell three abreast, and everyone hung together to get out in an orderly manner without panic. When someone freaked out the people next to them calmed them and prevented the panic from spreading.
Most folks here in South Carolina are pretty civilized, so aside from isolated sketchy areas we should do well.