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

Fortunately having a DH that is quite outward bound we have things like water filters and purification tablets, though I think he will be more inclined to use the local puddles and stream than I will be.

Not in a loft - it gets way too hot and gas expands. I wouldn't risk it with a cannister that was part-used in a stove. Actually not even with intact new cannisters.
Any cupboard, garage, or shed is fine. Cold is fine. Not wet as they rust.

I have been thinking of doing this for a while, but i was thinking more as a prepartion for if there was a huge cyber/drone attack that affected card payments, bank accounts or energy supply.

I recon some bags of rice, pasta, beans, tinned fish and fruit, and some longlife fruit juice or milk powder. Definately a camping stove and lots of gas cannisters. Money in cash, etc. We recently bought an extra freezer for stashing a few extra things like meat and veg, but we haven't gone mad.

Most people of my grandmother's generation did this as a matter of necessity in case they got snowed in or the war/rationing affected food supply. I remember my gran's cupboard full of tins.

Its why we've been preparing in our house- it will be if anything an event that affects power/water/digital infrastructure. As I've said in my other posts, everything I've stored can be used as normal and replaced, I rotate it. The stove and canisters we use on days out etc so that's the same principle. Extra pet food, litter, same; use, replace. Further, I have a couple of neighbours who are elderly and vulnerable, one has no family- I want to be able to help them if need be even if it was only hot food, drinks, etc, and making sure they were warm/safe.

Think in terms of meals.
If you store some pasta, also store sauce or the ingredients of sauce: tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, dried onion, dried basil, tinned sweetcorn, etc.
If you store rice, think of what you will eat it with. Tinned stew plus curry powder? (Hopefully you are a better cook than me.) The makings of a risotto?

Herbs and spices can make all the difference if you are facing tinned and dried food for 3 days.

That's a really good point about pets, we have two rabbits and they can't just eat grass and drink water from the pond if there's a heatwave when disaster strikes. We totally ran out of rain water this year, and we have three huge water butts, our back garden was a dust bowl and we had to buy in a lot of hay. Even foraging for dandylions and sow thistles became impossible, they were all dead. I had to get pellets.

I'd like to be in a position to help out others, too. Luckily our street is pretty good like that and i'm sure others would also share resources with those who are elderly or have little kids.

This message isn't being filtered out for no reason. We have the Strait of Humuz (sp?) stuff still going on, threats from Russia, el nino and a very bad harvest this year.
If you can do something to help yourself and others, you're foolish if you don't.

Yanbu - I am trying to put together a 'go bag' but so far its an empty suitcase full of water 😩

Maybe our experiences of covid have affected how we respond to this. Some people have said they didn't have much of a problem getting enough food, but my family certainly did. And the fear of not being able to put a meal on the table for my dc's has stuck with me.

El Niño

Whatever about having a stash of tinned fish, corned beef, fruit, dried/uht milk and water etc. for example, most people would not have access to a camping stove or other forms of cooking in an emergency where all power and mains gas is gone. So my stash consists of the above tinned stuff + bread, crackers, cakes, biscuits, weetabix, protein powder and whatever is non perishable + toilet rolls (!).

I am on my own now so there's only me to cater for. I also have three mahoosive power banks and a wind up/solar powered torch/radio and candles aswell as those chargeable lights that you can stick up all around the place, but they only last as long as the charge that's in them. I have a note on my calendar to charge everything up once a month on a Sunday. It's easy to forget and then the charge runs out.

I also managed to get a spare month's supply of my meds from my (non NHS) very kind and understanding doctor. So I have a month's extra supply always now + spare paracetemol and neurofen.

On my list when I log out of here for a bit is to buy one of those usb chargeable hot water bottles. I could charge from one of the big power banks if needed. I hate to have cold feet!

Totallly agree- I added dried herbs, extra paprika, garlic and tomato puree to my stores 👍 I also bought a tin of Nido (full cream dried milk) which has a lot of uses as well as the obvious if milk runs low.

All good preparation 👍 love our solar/wind up radio/torch/charger and power banks. Most people I know do have similar camping stoves to us, I know sales of them and the cartridges have increased lately too. The usb hot water bottle intrigues me! One I hadn't come across. This thread has definitely proved useful for lots of info.

Sleeping bag would be a better buy than a hot water bottle and power bank.

You can sleep in them and they will keep you warm on zero power.

I remember seeing people somewhere else using small tents inside their houses as an extra to stay warm but they had snow upto their windows so pretty bloody cold.

We are very rural so any help would come to us last.
Ive got water stored in old wine bottles but you can use jam jars and plastic bottles. Dried milk is very useful.
We have A log burner and a camping stove and A decent supply of medicines. I do need to go through and restock the tinned goods. I’m also going to buy some treat foods and wine for emergencies.
When the co op (nearest supermarkets for us) had the cyber attack it was a month or more before it was back to normal. There was always some food on the shelves but it was a very odd selection some days and it was usually gone by lunchtime.If there was a simultaneous cyber attack on Tesco, Asda, Lidl, Aldi, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s I think there would be major disruption.
The harvest where we are has actually been really good despite the lack of rain.

For the camp stoves with 227g butane cartridges, how many gas cans is sensible? I have no idea how long one would last if I wanted to boil up some pasta in sauce for the teens. And would a regular saucepan do or should I get a camping cooking pot?
TIA if anyone has experience

Not true. We had a short power cut in our high street. Local independents just asked for cash and wrote down purchases. The corner shop did a roaring trade.
The fish and chips shop fryers still worked as well. It was the chains who were stymied.
But that power cut was a short one and I only knew about it because I was out shopping. I appreciate in a longer power cut corner shops would soon be bare.

Can’t say I’ve ever kept track on how long I can use one for.

However we use normal pans and frying pans on ours. We have a little tin kettle.

Regularly take it and do hot drinks and hot dogs/bacon sarnies at the allotment for around 6 and the canister lasts a few trips.

Linked to the war in Ukraine and Iran ( oil and pesticides shortages )as well as El Nino which is and will be disrupting crops in a lot of places in the world (think rice and coffee for example). You just need to read the news to understand why it's being talked about.

Of course there's a reason they're telling us to stock up. Shit is going to hit the fan in a major way this side of 2030. Anyone who thinks otherwise has been in a coma this last 5 years.

Stop scaremongering. El nino is going to drive up the price of cocoa, coffee, some soft fruits, sugar, rice, soyabeans and some grains. It will be a disaster for desperately poor people in some countries who rely on rice and soyabeans. For people in the UK there will be lots of other foods to eat.

They have been hinting at something for 2 years now. The elite have built underground bunkers. The government website recommends wind up radios, batteries and supplies. No idea what coming but time will tell.

We need to import more than we consume. This means we are vulnerable to shortages regardless. Even if we are a richer nation.

Famine in a country which is exporting food is a recipe for civil unrest. It's also likely to increase attacks on foreign nationals in that country out of resentment. It means travelling may become a lot more difficult or dangerous.

But both our local corner shops, one CoOp, recently upgraded to all electric doors, for example. They're certainly not going to wedge them open...even the staff have 'jokingly' said, no way we'd be open in a power cut. Shops that previously may have been able to function in difficult conditions no longer can.