The so-called aging disaster is really more like a national gift - although problems can be expected around 2030 when we baby boomers fully enter the vulnerable zone.

They, not the biologists, will be our real lifeline when we reach the vulnerable zone.

The government intends to increase the coverage to the sewer networks in rural areas, in particular in ecologically vulnerable zones.

Based on such information, citizens can identify the vulnerable zones in which severe toxic releases could cause harm or death.

'If the EC decides to make it a vulnerable zone under the directive the Department of Agriculture will be required to do something about it,' he said.

Then he was inside its vulnerable zone.

But the slate is not entirely clean, because the targets are pre-marked to indicate areas where hits are graded for effectiveness, with the heart as the most vulnerable zone.

The Environmental Protection Agency has calculated vulnerable zones for these operations for worst-case scenarios, though this information is now classified because of terrorist threats.

But surely these are universal feelings, and protecting the vulnerable - civilians in a war zone, for example - isn't just women's work.

But Mr. Abad warned that such an action "would only add fuel to the fire in this vulnerable zone."