Give a thought to "What if..."--and I mean to be conservative and not crying "WOLF": With tapes by OBL and his right hand man ordering immediate action against America, suppose we had an event or events that affected us on the local level-take a few minutes to consider things that might get scarce or expensive-might be worth the effort to pick up a few things like lights, water, TP, 2-way radios (Cheap family bands units-good between neighbors 1-2 miles},canned goods,spare batteries, fresh first aid supplies, strong whiskey or 70%alcohol-extra refills on critical RX, gas for generators and other needs, empty coke bottles (glass),other things to sustain us if electricity or communications were out, etc. A storm is coming-of a different type than we've had in this country-and we've seen the gov't in a disaster-good friends, neighbors, and family will be our help. If you have the kind of friends you can talk to about these things-it'd be a good reason to have a cup of coffee and a chat. Radical threats and yammering is not what this post is meant to foment-just let us be ready to weather the storm well.