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seriouslessness · 2025-03-27T13:23:37+00:00

..in case of disaster or attack. A new preparedness strategy inspired by Nordic countries and Germany, who already do this. Is this something you already do, or will do? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/26/stockpile-supplies-72-hours-disasters-attack-eu-tells-citizens

Butchyrestingface · 27/03/2025 15:33

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 15:29

We've got one of them too (less than half hour's drive away!) I wonder if we live near each other! Still, we may struggle to get in as everyone would head for it! 😆 (Like on an episode of The Simpsons.)

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There's one in Edinburgh too - recently renovated. We'll be grand.

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:32

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 15:29

Yeah, 3 days is nothing!

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Maybe it’s just to wake people up a bit, that you do have a responsibility to be able to take care of yourself (and others if possible) and not expect help for at least a few days?

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iloveeverykindofcat · 27/03/2025 15:30

I should have more stuff really. I often have less than three days worth of...anything...except the special diet for my cat who is allergic to everything in the world except turkey. Its surprisingly hard to find a reliable supplier of wet food that is just turkey. We don't run out of that or she'll scratch herself raw and also go delinquent. Apart from that I'm quite disorganized about supplies. My grandparents - and parents really - would be horrified. They're from/lived in a country where supply chains were interrupted all the time due to sanctions and war, so although they were on paper quite well off, they were very much aware of the whole 'you can't eat money' thing when it came down to it. They stockpiled everything. I've gotten spoiled and gone quite far the other way now.

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 15:29

seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:29

Your thread would have made far more sense if you'd said 72 days!

I agree. But the advise is not coming from me. Three days certainly isn’t much.

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Yeah, 3 days is nothing!

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 15:29

Butchyrestingface · 27/03/2025 15:26

There's an underground military bunker not a million miles from me. I suppose I could always literally head for the hills in the event of nuclear or undead attack. But I suspect most of Fife will have the same idea.

We've got one of them too (less than half hour's drive away!) I wonder if we live near each other! Still, we may struggle to get in as everyone would head for it! 😆 (Like on an episode of The Simpsons.)

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:29

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 15:22

72 hours stockpile?! 😂

Your thread would have made far more sense @seriouslessness if you'd said 72 days!

I live deep in the sticks, and no-one comes here unless they live here (it's not a through road to anywhere,) and we keep at LEAST 2 months of supplies 'stockpiled.' (Some stuff we have 4 months stockpile, some even more!) I'm a little bit of a prepper, and always have plenty of everything (apart from fresh obviously - like milk and bread - as you can't stockpile that!)

But I'm not a bit of a prepper because I think there's going to be a war or something catastrophic, it's because we run out of stuff sometimes here (in the nearest market town) and it's often several weeks (or more) before some things are back in. DH and I even have a 2-3 month stockpile of our meds, as sometimes they don't have them in and they can take 2-3 weeks to get in!!! Plus, as I said, we live in the sticks. You learn to stockpile living very rural, and not just 72 hours worth! 😆

Your thread would have made far more sense if you'd said 72 days!

I agree. But the advise is not coming from me. Three days certainly isn’t much.

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:27

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:25

@seriouslessness think about how many people rely on daily medications. Breakdown of law & order would scare me more.

I agree.

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mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:27

@seriouslessness it's a description of an action, length of time isn't really relevant.

Butchyrestingface · 27/03/2025 15:26

There's an underground military bunker not a million miles from me. I suppose I could always literally head for the hills in the event of nuclear or undead attack. But I suspect most of Fife will have the same idea.

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:25

@seriouslessness think about how many people rely on daily medications. Breakdown of law & order would scare me more.

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:25

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:24

Noone is. It’s only you who has mentioned it.

@seriouslessness reacting to something & stocking up is panic buying 😆

Not for three days it’s not.

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mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:25

Your thread would have made far more sense @seriouslessness if you'd said 72 days!

Exactly , surely most people have random stuff at the back of the freezer or cupboards that could get them through 72 hours. May not be tasty though.

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:24

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:21

@seriouslessness Clearly I was being a little facetious! Cyber attacks would fall into my crazy situations though depending how bad it was. No one is being unreasonable to have some food in if you are at risk of severe weather. But in a crazy situation you have a lot more to worry about than just food.

Yeah if the shit does hit the fan for real, three days of food is sadly not going to do much.

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suki1964 · 27/03/2025 15:24

Living as rural as I do, we always have a stockpile, everything from UHT milk, to a months medicines and everything in between

January storm had us off grid for 5 days and many of the roads were impassable for 2/3 days

We have a multifual stove for heat ,( the same said storm has supplied us with enough wood for the next five years so far ) a small genny for the freezers, we were working with a gas ring but DH found a small gas cooker that he's got working again, runs off a bottle and now that's in one of the outhouses . We have candles, wind up torches, head torches and a wind up radio. I always keep two battery packs charged for the phones, and to charge the head torches. DH also has some garage lights that he hooks up to 12v batteries so we have decent lighting in at least one room

I don't prep incase of the bomb - I shall kiss hubby goodbye and then kiss my arse goodbye - I have no want whatsoever to survive an nuclear attack - I prep because of weather , which can disrupt supplies here for weeks

EquinoxQueen · 27/03/2025 15:24

Smallmercies · 27/03/2025 13:36

Psha - I keep enough for 74 hours, so there! Take that, amateurs!

We have enough loo roll for months - learnt our lesson 😂😂

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:24

Noone is. It’s only you who has mentioned it.

@seriouslessness reacting to something & stocking up is panic buying 😆

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 15:22

72 hours stockpile?! 😂

Your thread would have made far more sense @seriouslessness if you'd said 72 days!

I live deep in the sticks, and no-one comes here unless they live here (it's not a through road to anywhere,) and we keep at LEAST 2 months of supplies 'stockpiled.' (Some stuff we have 4 months stockpile, some even more!) I'm a little bit of a prepper, and always have plenty of everything (apart from fresh obviously - like milk and bread - as you can't stockpile that!)

But I'm not a bit of a prepper because I think there's going to be a war or something catastrophic, it's because we run out of stuff sometimes here (in the nearest market town) and it's often several weeks (or more) before some things are back in. DH and I even have a 2-3 month stockpile of our meds, as sometimes they don't have them in and they can take 2-3 weeks to get in!!! Plus, as I said, we live in the sticks. You learn to stockpile living very rural, and not just 72 hours worth! 😆

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:21

@seriouslessness Clearly I was being a little facetious! Cyber attacks would fall into my crazy situations though depending how bad it was. No one is being unreasonable to have some food in if you are at risk of severe weather. But in a crazy situation you have a lot more to worry about than just food.

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:21

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:06

Don't encourage the panic buying

Noone is. It’s only you who has mentioned it.

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Bignanna · 27/03/2025 15:21

Differentstarts · 27/03/2025 13:44

Medicine I'd be screwed as I'm only allowed a week at a time.

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In the case of disaster or attack, it’ll probably be the least of your problems

JanglingJack · 27/03/2025 15:21

seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:04

You can’t? A cyber attack is not unlikely.

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Our reservoir had some strange bug in it years ago so none of us were to use tap water. Went on for days.

No bottled water to be found anywhere.

ThaTrìCaitAgam · 27/03/2025 15:19

Onlyvisiting · 27/03/2025 13:33

Who has less than 3 days supplies in?????
Edit other than utterly skint people who are forced to live hand to mouth

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I don’t. We live in a very small apartment and I’d have to pile boxes in the hallway or in our small living room if I’d buy more supplies. 🤷‍♀️

Mudkipper · 27/03/2025 15:18

I've just got back from a holiday and have enough food in for a week anyway.

Nobody is going to starve in the space of three days.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 27/03/2025 15:17

Onlyvisiting · 27/03/2025 13:33

Who has less than 3 days supplies in?????
Edit other than utterly skint people who are forced to live hand to mouth

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Or someone who has run their supplies down in anticipation of a food delivery?

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seriouslessness · 27/03/2025 15:16

mushroomshroom · 27/03/2025 15:10

If there ever was a serious disaster or attack I dare say the issue would not be resolved/Waitrose would not be fully stocked again after 72hrs.

Agree, do people really think they will be browsing their wall stocked pantry and debating about what to have for dinner if there is a nuclear attack or zombie apocalypse?!

Who is talking about zombie attacks? There are other things more likely like cyber attacks or severe weather.

But zombies would be scary!

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