Cashing in on Paranoia?

We specialize in escape hoods, radiation detectors, gas masks, full body protection suits, and potassium iodide tablets...these products are no different than safety devices already commonplace in most homes, such as fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and first-aid kits. We are enabling people to alleviate their fears by doing something smart and productive: preparing to overcome that which they most fear.

From a story in last week's Washington Post: "A new store called Safer America opened Thursday a few blocks from the World Trade Center with shelves filled with emergency-preparedness gear, from radiation detectors and to survival kits."

(NB: via Post-Atomic)