I am on my way and will post an account of the first part of the journey tomorrow, but wanted to illustrate an example of a highly efficient but completely non-earthquake-safe way to fill a storage unit. Let's collectively pool our intentions (thoughts, prayers, etc) on The Big One not coming in the next 12 months.

Sidebar: while I did find the cheapest way to ship things cross-country (Greyhound Busfreighter, $350 for 8 boxes and one couch), I was informed two days ago that my things arrived in Scranton and there's no place to store them. They don't even have their own station there, it's a counter at a state-run station. Oh, and a snowstorm is coming, 12-15" of fresh powder. Eventually, "a shed in the back" was located. So that's the status on my stuff. In a shed. Allegedly.