The things I find at the swap meet would boggle your mind. I do not have allergies but I carry one of these with me in my backpack because it is probably the most likely scenario where I could actually save someone's life.
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They are expired. I paid almost nothing for them. Digging through boxes from unpaid storage lockers has encouraged me to learn an awful lot about medications since covid began.
Also, after the back-to-back Bonhomme Richard & Beirut explosion I decided it wouldn't hurt to have gas masks for each of us. Turns out they are very profitable. After finding these two M40s with new C2A1 NBC canisters for $15 each I began buying and reselling them.
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The second-hand climbing rope (also $15) will get us out the window and down to the ground in case of fire or earthquake.
At any one time there are about fifteen nuclear reactors (that we know about) within five miles of my location so I always have Potassium Iodide in my bag just in case.
All of this is to say that I am not necessarily against preparing. Or maybe I have softened my position a bit. I generally try to anticipate and prepare for situations that could happen so quickly that there is no time prepare after it has begun. While it is unlikely that any particular event will happen, the cost of preparing is minimal and the upside is high.