You would never find Bond or Bourne gallivanting around the third world without a backup plan. Neither should you.

Every intelligence agency, military, and Fortune 500 company in the world has contingency plans and equipment. From data backups to offsite equipment to personnel and financial plans, they are prepared for the worst.

Power outages. Canceled flights. Hurricanes. Earthquakes. Fires. Terrorist attacks. Economic collapse. Military coups.

Bad things happen. You need to be prepared.

The good news is that it really doesn’t matter what happens; short of a full-scale nuclear war or a zombie apocalypse, the same basic preparedness procedures work regardless of the scenario and revolve around three separate scenarios: getting home, sheltering at home, and leaving home.