I’ve lived in Laclede County all my life, going on 71 years now, so I can appreciate how spoiled we are with regard to having what we consider the necessities of life. We turn on the faucet to release the cleanest and best tasting water in the state, more than we need to drink and bathe and even water our gardens and flower beds. We flip a switch and cool our homes in the summer and heat them in the winter, and except for the occasional lightning strike or squirrel running over the power lines, at the touch of our finger we have enough power for a house full of television sets, computers, telephones, kitchen and bathroom appliances. But there may be danger over the horizon as our power grids and water supplies become more vulnerable to threats of terrorism or even environmental upsets. We have experienced several harbingers throughout the nation just recently, and James Woolsey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, described the US electric power grid