Longterm members will recall the rush to buy surplus gasmasks after 9/11. A lot of surplus vendors and EBAYers reaped small windfalls from the near panic.The wind itself only brought our usual seasonal brushfires. I didn't see one gasmask in use for the real danger of particulate pollution. Rational explanations regarding their effectiveness were lost in the clamour to buy anything, however out of date. Now we have Tamiflu as the amulet of the week. One of, if not the main principle of ETS is to provide rational and impartial information. When these frenzies happen it's like a stampede. If you wait a few minutes the other lemmings will fall over any cliffs unseen <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />