heh... I live at least an hours drive from any sporting goods stores. There are more hiking/camping/sporting stores around, but I'd hardly call them "survival stores". Sure, they usually have an aisle or half an aisle dedicated to survival kit, but the rest of it is spread around as specific sporting goods. There aren't any climbing/hiking/camping type sporting stores in the malls there? I have to think there are at least smaller shops that deal with this sort of gear. For sure there are marine suppliers that have some gear.