John Gardner, a sales specialist at REIin Spokane, holds a two-person, three-day emergency supply kit the company sells. Gardner says he is accustomed to people reacting to worrisome news by stocking up on survival gear. Michael Guilfoil SR story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

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