I like to occupy my mind with thoughts of awesome stuff, like the sound of a gadget being unboxed or the way I assume Rachel Bilson smells. But with Mother Nature on a full-blown rampage, the thought of natural disasters is hard to avoid. That's why it's past time to build a survival kit. FEMA has a pretty good list of the basics, but the stuff below is for those of us who cannot live on bottled water and canned tuna alone.

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MSR MiniWorks EX Water Purifier, $85
It still doesn't hurt to have a few gallons of the clear good stuff laying around, but having the ability to turn disease-ridden swamp juice into a drinkable liquid can come in very handy if the rescue crews can't get to you in a hurry. This little pump is light and durable, plus it can churn out up to a liter of clean water per minute. Take that Cyclosporiasis.