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The simple truth is most of us on this newsgroup will die of heart-attacks, strokes, cancer, car crashes, or just plain old age. All these fancy kits will be of little use here.


Hey, stop spoiling our fun! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Actually, I think you're missing an important point. A major benefit of preparing for disasters is psychological. It helps calm down worries and makes living in a crazy, unpredictable world a little bit easier. That is priceless and it may just help postpone that heart attack you're forecasting.
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