While we are discussing this horror, several things to remember: A good deal of cultural property is kept in the Iron Mountain limestone mine in rural NE Pennsylvania. I think the Corbus Collection of images is there and there is a large amount of audio-video there as well. Additional material is stored in a Salt Mine somewhere in Kansas, if I recall correctly. I don't know how "bombproof" the vaults are at the NAVCC in Culpepper, Virginia, but a good deal of our recorded heritage (audio and video) that is held by the Library of Congress is located there. But there is other good news: http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/radiation-the-no-safe-level-myth.html shows that there is some benefit to low-level radiation, called hormesis http://k1project.org/weapons/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-the-long-term-health-effects/ does not mention hormesis, it does say that Hiroshima and Nakasaki came back to life faster than expected. Let's hope nothing happens. I doubt Mr. Un has a missile with enough range to hit North America (well, maybe Attu). Regards, Richard On 2013-04-05 3:27 PM, James Roth wrote: > Hm-m-m. You think we [all] deserve to be blown up? > The most cynical thing I can say is "Ok, but leave our recordings intact". > That way, the E.Ts. that visit earth after we've been eliminated might have something beautiful to enjoy. > > Is 2.25 million a realistic count? > > > -- Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800 http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.