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