Anyone planning on buying a wind up FM radio?

We have a battery one and always have a good supply of batteries so would use that instead

I honestly don't think it's that. They're not asking us to prep in any way that would be helpful in an apocalypse type situation, just recognising that many people have become reliant on a lifestyle where you don't have to plan for anything, can order whatever you need, to be delivered almost instantly.

They're just asking you to think about how you'd manage if that was interrupted for a few days.

Never be scared of things beyond your control. That way madness lies.

It’s got to be related to the cyber hackers using AI to identify vulnerabilities and the consequences of damage to the internet systems if they succeeded

I'm not sure it's just that.

Some of those that understand the National Grid seem to be quite worried ATM that recently the UK has got itself very close to what happened in Spain a few months back - basically the grid shutting down because of instabilities...

Not everyone seems to be prepared to buy the party line of "it'll be fine", but it needs someone who really understands this to comment further.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy56q2n1veqo

Already have one that is also a torch and charger - it’s a wonderful up and solar powered one. Used for camping. We already have a lot of stuff in our camping kit

Hey - maybe the announcement re new oil exploration in the North Sea could be connected....

Who knew that renewables and gas would not be enough for the grid??

(Spoiler - pretty much everyone in the industry)

I've a Duronic solar/wind up FM radio, as well as a rechargeable battery-run one, so should be covered.

A head torch is also a fantastic thing to have as you're hands free to do whatever you need.

No. Dh and I would be involved in any major incident scenario so work will provide what we need and I’d get info through that. I did look at them briefly on Amazon though.

Would you mind sharing which one?

@HowLateItWasHowLate

Who knew that renewables and gas would not be enough for the grid?

(Spoiler - pretty much everyone in the industry)

That's what I've been hearing elsewhere....but who needs experts etc....??

How briefly?

I got this from Amazon. It's battery, rechargeable or solar.
I leave it in the window and it's always charged

Yes it does.
I got a bit scared during COVID and stockpiled a bit. But long used it up and got back to more normal shopping twice a week for food. This has really spooked me. They obviously know there are going to be power cuts.

And in the city I have lived in for nearly forty years the longest ever power cut has been a few hours and there were workers working on the street to get it back on.

I am not scared of an apocalypse or anything, but the government obviously know there is a high risk of long power and water cuts this winter.

Already have one.

Dsis is climate change scientist working with government, a lot of this ‘readiness’ is for Super El Niño and expected flooding / storms this winter.

Wow! I might even watch that!!

Googled wind up radio, clicked on the Amazon link and scanned prices, saw some have chargers and torches and thought, that’s possibly sensible. Then forgot until this thread.

Expectation is over-egging it - 'stronger likelihood' would be more accurate.

Thanks, that'll do nicely!

I will allow that briefly then!

(and thank you for answering what was a facetious question).

I miss the laughing emoji 😆

We have this and been used on several camping trips
amzn.eu/d/09GhRqAf

Yep I’ve got one, just an inexpensive one from Amazon, picks up the main radio stations

it’s also a torch as well

There isn't some impeding doom that the government is keeping form you - this is simply advice many European governments have been giving to citizens for a while now. it is a recognition that we are much more reliant on electricity than we used to be and have greater expectations of communications services and goods being available 24/7.

They just want people to have enough to see through immediate service outages so authorities can focus on the very vulnerable.

I was thinking about this - in the 1987 storm we lived rurally and had no electricity for two weeks and no phone for a month. We were ok as we had a wood burning stove, an aga, battery powered radio and store cupboards (although I was very young and it was all an bit of an adventure - i am sure it was a massive pain for my parents). We lived rurally so it was common to do this stuff. I now live in inner London and an extended power outage would put me in a bit of a pickle - I have candles, a power bank, a small battery powered radio, matches etc.. We always have enough in to be able to feed ourselves (albeit in a bit of a random way) for a few days.

Although TBH if London didn't have power for days on end it would be a national civil emergency situation.

Water wise I always have a few bottles in cos our water company is Thames Water - IYKYK.

Already got one. Living out in the sticks, power cuts are a regular thing, although it's rarely off for more than 3 hours, but yeah we got a radio several years ago, to fill the deafening silence. We also have stockpiles of non perishables in the garage because our village is 4 miles from the little market town, and sometimes they don't have certain things in for several months, so when they actually do we buy loads in.

I am incredibly pissed off at this scaremongering though. 🙄

If the shit hits the fan to that extent, people need a group plan, because realistically, you'll get what you've stocked up, taken off you. Plus the women will need enough men around them, who will defend them.
I'm not sure why a solar powered radio needs a phone charger on it, for this prep purpose. I doubt anyone could concentrate to play, downloaded, off WiFi games. Of course if it makes you feel better, prep, but if it's got bad enough to need bottled water, you need light weight machetes, petrol powered tools, to fight with, nail guns are effective. On a daily basis I have power banks fully charged, only because 'my chair' isn't by plugs.