Having taken a couple of survival courses years ago, the following _examples_ may be of interest to some when considering priorities. In order of relative importance, life support requirements may be identified by noting you have:

3 seconds to avoid panic 3 minutes to live without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 3 weeks without food

and, I like to add :-)

3 months without your dog 3 years without a woman

Art will now withdraw to avoid the wrath of the females.

-- A. Hambley (a.hambley@usa.net), March 15, 1999

Answers

Art,

You forgot 3 decades without a man. ;-) LOL

-- Deborah (info@wars.com), March 15, 1999.

and no time at all without hope...

-- a (a@a.a), March 15, 1999.

factor in predators (2, 4 or 6 legged) and all bets are off.

-- Debbie (dbspence@usa.net), March 16, 1999.

Factor in automatic weapons and they return ;)

-- Leo (lchampion@ozemail.com.au), March 16, 1999.