Look forward to taking the class.
I don't know if this is the place but I'm also interested in starting a discussion about other potential disasters and if these could be included. My day job involves financial markets/investing and based on my studies I would rate a financial disaster as very high in the next 1-2 year time frame. There are several topics that would dove tail well with the disaster preparedness theme.
Some potential topics include:
1) Bank holidays and how to prepare
2) Food shortages & potential riots
3) How to protect your money and/or profit in a bearish market
4) Community development-know your neighbors and work together
There are a lot of subthemes to the topics above but this is a start.