I'm in that part of society where it isn't rural, but for some reason all the weird stuff happens in the surrounding suburbs but never comes here. Seriously, during the floods (and the heavy rain/mild flooding a year before that) the worst we had was some minor rising of the creeks (from the actual rain, not from the dam, or nearby rivers or anything). It was mildly inconvenient, but we never lost power, we never had trouble for food or anything, and we essentially lived normal lives while everyone else in any suburb but ours had their lives up-heaved.
If there is ever a zombie apocalypse, I'll probably just stay at home until it blows over.