Government 3day emergency ready

If we are near the end if the world, I hope its more “The Walking Dead” and not “A Quiet Place”. DS’ tics would mean we’ll be dead in 5 minutes.

For goodness sake! Looks like everyone has fallen for the scare tactics distraction again, just like Covid. Honestly I cannot believe how gullible and naive people are.

I’m terrified. It feels like they’re preparing us for something awful.

This is how some are acting.

We live in the middle of Salisbury Plain so if the power goes off we will be buggered as we only have oil or electric.

We always have a full pantry so not worried about food. I keep bottled water in anyway so that is fine.

We wouldnt have been able to cook anything or have a cup of coffee, so I have bought a small camping stove and 4 gas canisters for it. Ive also bought a battery lantern and batteries.

Not bothered by a eadio as coukd go out to the car and listen on the car one for the news.

Power banks are kept topped up for phones on the charging station anyway. DH can charge his from the car on way to work as well. He could also recharge the power banks there as he is a Prison Officer and the Prison is on its own electrical system like hospitals are.

We would have no heating though so it would be thermals and layers.

Absolutely not.
We always have a few tins of things and dried food. I really don’t know what’s so terrifying.
if my parents were alive they would be laughing. They grew up as children in the war when nobody had anything much.

Thread after thread on this.
Why are people acting like we are heading for a zombie apocalypse.

There will be plenty of people like myself who camp. We have a stove and grill that runs on calor gas. Will not be broadcasting this though as Ive read enough dystopian fiction to know looters will be rife and although DS is handy with a Nerf gun, not sure he could protect us.

In extreme weather homes can be destroyed or badly damaged/flooded. Having a waterproof folder with passport and other important documents is sensible. Keep it somewhere safe and grab it in the event of needing to leave the house.

Firstly nobody is instructing us to freak out. You are freaking out, and you’re projecting your anger at the messenger. Most people have responded very calmly and sensibly.

Nor is anybody is predicting the apocalypse, but if supply chains are held up for a few weeks (which is entirely possible) the people with a bit of extra food will be less inconvenienced than the crybabies with their eyes closed and fingers in their ears.

Personally I’ll stock up for a few weeks, to be on the safe side. After seeing the hysterical reaction of some of the public at the advice to stick up for 3 days, you can well understand why the government won’t advise it for any longer. We seem to have become a nation of snowflakes.

Well in the UK you would. Black outs were normal!

In the latter case, my absolute deviant of a partner.

People who haven't bothered to stash a few bits that are better eaten cold probably

Who eats cold soup or baked beans?

Maybe I've done other things instead of bought 3 days worth of Aldi food and pretended to be 'prepared'. You grow up and don't address me with anything less than respect if you want a discussion between adults. For someone so 'resilient' you sure are tetchy on an internet forum!

Ive lived without heat and landline and no car and infact didnt just live best years of my life, good old days where if you were ill you couldnt ring in sick as had no phone and when the clocks changed you had no friggin idea what the time was and you went to the corner shop and bought what ever ready meal that was vaccum packed in plastic , and it took half an hour to fill a bath as you had no shower and by the time is was filled the water was cold

What is infantile is being able to imagine nothing other than an end of days scenario. Grow up and read some news and history. Lack of resilience is nothing to be proud of.

Infantile to freak out every time we're instructed to. And what do you think a paltry 3 days worth of food is going to do for you if there is a world ending situation? You can fast for three days and be just fine. There's no need to get your daily ration of seed oils and biscuits in and pretend like you're some warrior who is going to see yourself through to the end of an apocalypse..lol

If you are storing tap water, you're advised to change it every six months. I use mine to water pots in the garden and fill up again. I have three 10 litre cubes of water stored under the stairs.

Do people not prepare anyway?
I always have supplies, living rurally i have to.

im 3 miles from a local shop, been snowed in for a few days. Im half a mile from the “main road which takes me to the proper big road.

people need to do this regardless of the information given by the government

It's honestly meant as a 'just in case', like having a first aid kit, not a sign anything specific is coming. For a toddler, the extras on top of the general list are: nappies and wipes, formula or milk that doesn't need the fridge, any medicines like Calpol, snacks they'll actually eat, and a couple of small toys or books for a night with no screens. Do it over a few weeks and then forget about it.

We had a period a few years ago where we kept getting power cuts including one that lasted for 4 days (Sydney). We just cooked on the BBQ and made tea on the camp stove, used camp lanterns and candles in the evening. It was quite fun really.
We didn’t have any issues with water which helped.
im also not sure what emergency would shut ALL shops and stop all water - I can’t think of a time ever that this has been the case - shops are way too keen on commerce to shut for long!

We used to finish work at 2pm to wonder if there would be bread and milk for the morning. I work in food production. The irony wasnt lost on me.

Is anyone else absolutely terrified of this

Terrified is such an overused word on MN. It’s become practically meaningless.

For what it’s worth, I not even mildly concerned.