The recent volley of inquiries loosely grouped around terrorist threats ( nuclear,biochemical) leaves us scrambling to reply in a usefull manner, extracting feet from mouths and reviewing our own preparations <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> A few caveats are in order.The recent Y2K fiasco made many people conscious of being prepared, and not a few more enriched selling both usefull and useless stuff, political/religous agendas and survival retreats in the great dismall swamp. We all hope none of these potentially horrific attacks occur. If they fail to, 99% of us will go about our routines. 5% will feel silly. The remaining .5% will remain alert and prepared, if not a nuclear attack then the next snowstorm. Paraphrasing the adage " measure twice and cut once," "Think,research and ask twice and spend once." <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />