[JustPiper]

"With power out beyond a day or two, both food and water supplies would soon fail. Transportation systems would be at a standstill ... natural gas pressure would decline and some would lose gas altogether -- not good in the winter time ... Communications would be spotty or non-existent. ... All in all, our cities would not be very nice places to be... Martial law would likely follow," Paul H. Gilbert of the National Research Council told a congressional panel.

Thanx Jim {{shaking}}

[TexKat]

Is it time to take all my money ($10.00) out of the bank, put it in a coffee can, dig a hole in the back yard and bury it.

I was telling a co-worker last week about the threat in which the muslims were told last chance to leave New York, Washington, etc.. She informed me that 4 of her muslim neighbors had moved out of the apartment complex. I don't know whether to believe her or not

[_Jim]

All in all, our cities would not be very nice places to be... Martial law would likely follow," Paul H. Gilbert of the National Research Council told a congressional panel.

How SOON we forget -

- do you remember New York 1977 (riots, fires, chaos, pandemonium - BUT contrast that with NY in 2003)?