cope with the very unsettling image you created in my mind of many little OzMen running around down here, seems a little unruly and rudderless an image. Anyway my guess is they would be 'walking', not running. Ha! Thanks for that mental image all the same. "The dangers from nuclear weapons have been distorted and exaggerated, for varied reasons. These exaggerations have become demoralizing myths, believed by millions of Americans. While working with hundreds of Americans building expedient shelters and life-support equipment, I have found that many people at first see no sense in talking about details of survival skills. Those who hold exaggerated beliefs about the dangers from nuclear weapons must first be convinced that nuclear war would not inevitably be the end of them and everything worthwhile." ~Kresson Kearny, Nuclear War Survival Skills The meek who start digging now shall inherit the earth. Or do nothing and sulk, it's an easy way to earn the prestigious Darwin Award. But if you're daughter is perky, send her over, maybe she can redeem your genes. With respect to population, the essentials of human survival: food, water, and shelter will ultimately be responsible for a large die-off of humans. (Contrary to what many of my young patients think, a cell phone and facebook are not essential for survival.) Food, or the lack of it, may lead to a large number of deaths over the next few years. The worldwide drought and subsequent reduction in food production this year will lead to