CDC Weekly Reporting

If you're a numbers person and interested in looking at the influenza data, then you go here and see intel on things like death, percentages of infection by state, kinds of virus detected in a region, etc.
[link to www.cdc.gov]
Much of it is graphed to ease comprehension.

If you click here, which is not readily apparent to focus it on health care professionals, then you get information earlier that isn't as known.
[link to www.cdc.gov]


State Pandemic Plans

If you click here, then you can find the state you live in, and see what your officials have planned. Some may surprise you as it's not commonly known.
[link to www.flu.gov]

For example, a section of Georgia's pandemic plan on potentially closing public areas to quarantine:
d) Widespread community quarantine (cordon sanitaire)
In extreme circumstances, public heath officials may consider the use of widespread or community-wide quarantine, which is the most stringent and restrictive containment measure. Strictly speaking, “widespread community quarantine” is a misnomer, since “quarantine” refers to separation of exposed persons only and (unlike snow days) usually allows provision of services and support to affected persons. Like snow days, widespread community quarantine involves asking everyone to stay home. It differs from snow days in two respects: 1) It may involve a legally enforceable action, and 2) it restricts travel into or out of an area circumscribed by a real or virtual “sanitary barrier” or “cordon sanitaire” except to authorized persons, such as public heath or healthcare workers.

Implementation of this measure during a pandemic is unlikely to prevent the introduction or spread of pandemic disease except in uncommon or unique circumstances (such as in a community able to be completely self-sufficient). In many cases, other less restrictive approaches such as snow days can be implemented to slow disease spread or decrease its magnitude in a community. Because of this, cordon sanitaire is not likely to be recommended during a pandemic.
[link to health.state.ga.us]

So as you can imagine, if such things were to happen, most likely they would be announced 24 hours ahead of time, so people could get gas, groceries, medicines, and then "hole up" for a period, but if you don't have supplies and there's a run on supplies, then unless you get there in their first hour, they're gone.

Do you understand what I'm saying? You need to prepare, not because we're there yet, but because 99% of people are not prepared, so when something happens, then the stores get slammed, and then there's shortages.