Dubliner set to shake up US market with quake-survival kit

A DUBLIN businessman has designed a unique earthquake-survival kit for the US market.

Dubliner set to shake up US market with quake-survival kit
Mon, 07 Aug, 2006 - 01:00
Senan Hogan

The QuaKit includes a tent, sleeping bags and enough food and water for a family and its pets for a whole week.

Former international boy scout leader Colm Pelow, 52, from Stillorgan, came up with the idea after moving to San Francisco in 2002.

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