Dweste,

Until I actually get this book I can only make guess based on reviews and publisher comments.

Possible useful information:
1. Ability to make better risk assesments (hmmm, there's a 26-inch natural gas pipeline running eight past that school).
2. Ability to understand an outage (water/gas/electricity/phone) and respond more appropriately.
3. Ability to determine "weak links" in you support structure.
4. Ability to better direct requests for repairs (for example calling the electric company and saying "My power is out" versus saying "the XXX-guage trunk line at tower #37 has been hit by lightening and blew four of the YYY-level transformers")
5. The whole Macguyver angle I mentioned earlier.

-Blast

I have to agree with Blast... Know about your environment and what's in it. For most of us it's this urban or human impacted landscape. Yes, I want to know how to find and know about the underground gas lines and all the other stuff. Here in MN a few years back an underground gas line blew up in a neighborhood.

Paul -

Good enough. Look forward to your review after you get the book. Thanks.

That depends on the level of terrorism they are going for...

I suspect the serious ones are reading "Strategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets" by John Sullivant, rather than this field guide.

OIMO