You can toss the potassium iodide. It protects the liver. The rest of you will suffer radiation no less. Sadly, for most of us emergency personel only means the flashing lights in the rear view mirror that mean our insurance premiums are going up. Have you ever inquired about any seminars, volunteer opportunities or equipment shortages various agencies offer, or lack? I was involved in another sad event just today, which I posted on in THE CAMPFIRE. After several hours some of the officers and EMTs were teary eyed and drymouthed. A patrolman who knew me from a trainwreck ( same lousy road) didn't even have to ask, he just popped my trunk and distributed the case of individual bottled waters I keep back there. This doesn't get me any 'get out of jail free cards' quite the opposite, I'm even more circumspect for fear of getting pulled over now <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />. Disasters disrupt the physical infrastructure; both physical and social.The more you can build on that community structure, the less nature or the inhumanity of man can destroy.