I remember as a boy Kennedy speaking to the nation about missiles in Cuba. My parents spent the unheard of sum of $80 dollars at the grocery store. Today across the US many older homes have these real funny storage rooms built like bomb shelters. In "Tornado Alley," Those quaint monuments to another enemy and means of survival are still viable against a different threat. That $80 wouldn't go very far today.The memory and lesson has. A PSK is not a universal panacea for every calamity. In extreme circumstances it is Just enough to get by;no less and no more. In daily use, you and your object of curiosity and derision are going to become a resource for little emergencies. That is going to instill in you a conscious mindset of being minimally prepared 24/7 and a degree of leadership.The guy with the candle or flashlight always goes down a darkened stairway first by default. Never be embarressed. The simplest kit of humble items makes you a survival Tyranosaurus Rex. The people making ill informed comments are just fence lizards.