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During Covid I semi-accidentally discovered ("well, we've got a box full of N95s anyway, couldn't hurt to try") that masks are great for yard work too. I can now pour mower bags into compost bags and bins without worrying that any shredded dry grass inside will get blown up into my face and trigger my allergies.
But as long as we're at it, what other weird supplies are good to have on hand for emergencies? The standard list does include "dust mask (to filter contaminated air)", but given the subsequent "plastic sheeting" entry and instructions on sealing your home with that, they were clearly thinking about airborne radioactives rather than about airborne germs. I've also got some potassium iodide pills (picked up after demand died down post-Fukushima) with similar "I'm probably not within the blast radius of any nuke targets but I may be smack in the middle of a downwind fallout plume" thoughts in mind. Not sure if they'll do any good or if they'll just keep my family's thyroids free of radioactive iodine while our bones accumulate radioactive strontium, but they were cheap to buy and tiny to store.
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