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But since you're in California, they'll also make wonderful, but expensive, dust masks in case the Big One reduces our cities to big mounds of concrete dust.


Honestly, that was my initial thought.. Well maybe not the big one.. But after seeing 9/11 (moved out to CA a month before), it made me realize how unprepared people are, or rather I was. Listening to a popular song, forget the name, but there was a quote that I live by to this day "too late to learn to swim when you start to drown".

I don't ever want to be unprepared. Sorry to digress...

But my initial thoughts for the mask is in the EDC in the event of a building collapse. If trapped, at least there's something that can reduce the stress or discomfort. The bird flu, etc is more of an added bonus feature. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />