Merchandised items such as Geiger counters are good for measuring one thing; a community's fears and individual's greed. Everyone has this mindset that a major disaster will create an immediate and permanent void in government services. This is true in the immediate sense; We were on our own for many needs just after the Northridge quake.This is what being 'equipped" is all about. I would leave the Geiger counters to the people who also have helicopters and M.A.S.H. units in their PSKs <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />