We could argue the merits for a post Dec 7, 1941kit also. Submarines shelling our shores, explosive laden balloons heading for the northwest and lots of people who look like the bad guys in a John Wayne movie. The fact is we defeated that threat. Gas masks and various antidotes have been well discussed on the forum and their usefullness dismissed. I believe the urban kits are very usefull for any contingency; manmade or natural. My grandfather ALWAYS carried fishhooks in the city. They thwarted many a would be pickpocket <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />