Tom,   
      
   TW>Being in Earthquake country i stay prepaired. Typically I can go 30 days   
   TW>and still get along without shopping. I also never let the gas tank in   
   TW>our cars get less than 1/2 full so I will not have a problem in an quick   
   TW>evacuation   
      
     Little Rock will likely get some damage, when the New Madrid Fault finally   
   goes...but I think we'll fare much better than cities like Memphis or St.   
   Louis will.   
      
     As for fuel, that's a bad habit I need to break...letting it run down so   
   low. I did that before my late wife died almost 9 years ago, and am still   
   doing it...yet, I know better.   
      
     Some have said that you shouldn't put new gas on top of old gas, but it's   
   obviously much better than running out of gas.   
      
     I've got the UPS units here, but they are for quick brownouts and short   
   blackouts, where I can shut things down safely. I remember before Windows 95,   
   that if you ran stuff like MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, or DESQview, the OS wouldn't   
   throw a fit if you shut it off "improperly". But, since Windows 95, that   
   happens every time you don't go through the proper shutoff routine.   
      
     I likely will be offline this weekend...not for earthquakes (I sure hope   
   not, anyway), but for a threat of thunderstorms and possible severe weather. I   
   also wouldn't like to be at a gas station during a thunderstorm.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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