AIBU to think the stockpile advice suggests something to come??

This isn't why you've been advised to keep a few days worth of essentials at home though? There are some informative posts on this thread.

Mostly sensible and it’s not about war. It’s about food shortages or power outages.

Look at when shops cooling systems were going down in the heatwave four of our big supermarkets has no chilled goods for a couple of weeks.

When people’s only roads are flooded out or snowed under.

If an attack or just a failure happened and gas / electric pick your ovens choice was cut off even for a day how are you cooking your food? How are you staying warm? How are you having light in the dark?

Ive never had a stock pile and no plans to get one either.
If war happens it happens a stock pile wont stop it.

Tunbridge Wells area lost all water supply for several days in September due to a treatment plant breakdown. It was finally switched back on with a boil notice.
DS's school had to shut as no water meant no flushing loos, no hand washing, no ability for kitchen operate....
Lots of people have shorter cuts due to big leaks.

@barkoof. Enough for me, DH and the dog, but also enough to help out adult children and neighbours. Some of the meal combinations may be a bit interesting though.

Your last paragraph has it spot on.

Well how many people do you need to feed in your household? That.

Quite

None of it is actually official government “you must stock up for war is on the way!!!” is it? It’s mainly just people being told to be mindful

There are already two posts about this, with sensible advice and no drama.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5570978-hm-gov-telling-us-to-get-tinned-food-and-bottled-water?page=22&reply=154503184

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/preppers/5571022-uk-to-warn-citizens-to-stock-up-on-food?page=3&reply=154491180

I wouldn’t say I was a full on prepper, but I always have a good supply of bottled water, tinned food, pasta, loo roll, etc.
If you have lived through y2k, brexit, beast of the east and covid, you’d be daft not to have some sort of back-up supply.
I think I probably have enough food for about a month. Water for a few days, but I do have water treatment tablets as well.
I have solar panels, a bbq and log burner, so would probably be ok with heating and cooking. I also have £200 in cash, just in case the banking systems go down.
It not about panic buying, its just being sensible.

This is a good summary. The list of issues is even bigger than this though. And everyone is a potential weakness.

It is not asking to short pile. It's asking you to increase your short-term reliance by planning for the shops being closed or you not being able to buy anything / having no power unexpectedly.

It suggests risk and worst case scenarios. Obviously. That’s how these things work. Why do you think governments tell people to prepare for scenarios?

Honestly

There was an attempt by Russia to attack a German Airport - this has been verified officially by the German government. There was another yesterday against a German power plant which is also suspected to be Russian. Today the news is about the EU and NATO taking a harder line as a result.

So any infrastructure should be thought of as a target. This is electrics and phone networks and banking systems etc.

Given that hackers have caused chaos for NHS systems that have lasted for days, you would be sensible to think about having enough to be able to cope for any short-term outages.

This isn't being a crazy loon. This is following what is actually happening and being aware of the news and the possibility of problems. The more people who do, the less overall chaos we end up with.

This week's news (and it's not just the above) is a complete shit show of different stories which add up to an increased likelihood of possible infrastructure issues - such as fuel shortages, problems with imports, disruptions to banking and internet services etc etc.

Take it seriously rather than doing hand waving saying it will never happen.

We are more vulnerable to these issues that many people seem to recognise.

It's not conspiracy minded to realize that without a few days of basic supplies on there are many scenarios that would leave you stuck!! Snowstorm, flood, power outage etc., even before you think about more sinister doings

Maybe you need to stock up on tin foil

Has anyone seen that movie on Netflix - last house or something?
Although I'm normal levels of rural well stocked, I don't think we'd be the last house standing!!

I have approximately enough food for a week, a wood burner, a river behind the house, and a life straw. After that I guess we're done for...

Yes something is happening. It is operation albiston shadow. There's loads of information about it online. It is very sensible. Unfortunately far too many of us are too reliant on supply chains which aren't as robust as we would like to think.

It is not stockpiling to have 3 days worth of supplies in - it is common sense! It is said that it takes a few days to get things sorted if something were to happen so if you can then you should to allow the authorities to focus on the vulnerable who haven't been able to prepare - its just selfish to bury your head in the sand

Look what happened to m&s when their stock system got hacked - imagine that across multiple supermarkets and you can see how vulnerable we are with our 'JIT' approach

There is a fair amount of uncertainty in our world at the moment. Off the top of my head....

Trump & Iran trading missiles over the strait of hurmuz, on planes out of Lakenheath.
Putin threatening us for supporting Ukraine
A potentially severe El Nino winter with storms and a lot of rain
The third poor UK wheat harvest in a row.
HM govt openly hostile to our farming sector, with many family farms quitting as a result.
An insufficient water supply in the south east due to over development and drought.

I don't think anyone knows we have a specific problem incoming but I'd say the odds are shortening.

Having a few extra tins, some cartons of UHT milk, bottles of water and candles is normal common sense. We live rurally and power cuts are not rare. We can usually get most things direct from farms. I make all our bread and have enough bread flour to last until next summer, and the log store is stacked and dry. I'm sure it will be ok.

Ill be stocking up on catfood. I have enough longlife food to last me several months. Not on purpose. I need those kitties good and fat incase I need to eat them 😎