Anyone starting to wonder if they should be making a little ‘emergency inventory’

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Don’t laugh! 😆

I mean I’m not overly worried about there suddenly being ww3 and bombs dropping above our heads next week. But hey, natural disasters, some variant of a Covid drama put upon us again, one day one of the mad countries with some nuclear weapon may surprise us. God knows, nothing surprises me lately with the stuff going on. The trust in our politicians and well our own royal family member of two shows these people just say what they think we want to hear or need to hear. Who knows what’s going on behind the scenes.
The world seems to be pretty balmy lately.

But one thing since becoming a mum is you do think more about ‘what if’.

I didn’t have kids when Covid happened. And I didn’t really buy into it as much as others (I know we all have our own viewpoints on it).
But you’ve got to admit the world is feeling a bit weird lately.

So I’d love to hear what others would in a worst case scenario think they’d want or put in an emergency suitcase or keep stocked at home or whatever.

It can be light hearted or serious.. enlighten me 🙃

You have your priorities exactly right!

No, I agree - I’m not worried about a nuclear bomb. Like others have mentioned cyber attacks, shutting down transport, and interrupting water and the food chain are more likely. We rely on an awful lot of imported food. No one is prepping in case there’s a bomb.

Mice love kibble!

You must be so worried. Praying for all the civilians caught up in this. Horrific.

A recent storm leaving us without electricity(5 days) and burst water mains due to fallen trees did make me think id been a tad blase about being prepared tbh.
So, no im not laughing at a degree of preparedness for emergency situations.

I’m going to go fill my car up with diesel later. I’m low anyway, but I have cancer and I have 2 hospital appointments I can’t miss next week. One of them for treatment. Hospital is an hour away by car and no public transport. I can’t risk people freaking out and stockpiling fuel and then not being able to get to my appointment. Otherwise, we live on a farm. We could survive at least 2 months on pork and eggs and food we already have in the cupboard, so not worried about that.

I agree! It seems to be common to just assume we’re all going to be in the epicentre of a nuke. I think that possibility is really low for all of us.

Our Power was knocked out by Storm Desmond 10 years ago. A wind up battery operated radio was a godsend after tinned food and a camping stove.

I think it's sensible to have a few things put together. Not just for WW3 starting but more minor emergencies like the electric going down for a day or two or something.

I have slowly collected a solar radio that can charge phones and be a flashlight, a camping stove and gas canisters, a few tinned meals, a few packs of bottled water, candles, matches and pain relief tablets.

Hopefully i'll not need it but I feel better knowing its there and I could still prep a hot meal & listen to music!

My parents got me a wind up radio/torch/phone charger as a surprise Christmas present...

I've dabbled in prepping for a few years now, mostly to do with being able to deal with loss of power/water/food supply for several days as we have young DC and live in the sticks.

As pp have said there's a fair few lists online, best to look at something UK-centric as the US resources are often quite focused on weapons. I've not gone bonkers but we have a camping stove, solar wind up radio, tinned food, medicines and some bottled water (probably not enough). Tools and a couple of USB power banks also useful.

A good habit to get into is to always fill your car up when it gets down to half a tank of fuel rather than waiting until the light comes on. That way you are less likely to have to join the queues of people panic buying.

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Yes you should. In case theres a power/internet black out etc. It is not unlikely. Enough bottled water, canned long life food, plan to keep warm/cool depending on season, car always fuelled and enough cash to make it through a week if systems are down. Extra medication in case of supply struggles. Hand sanitiser. Battery operated torch and radio. This is common sense.

Perfectly sensible question. I've always had a small store cupboard, water, a few dried foods, essentials, tins etc a habit i inherited from my father. It stood me in good stead when covid struck, lasted a fortnight before needing to shop, so I'm still doing the same now, plus a wind up torch, hand gel and wipes, a few bits in a "grab bag" as suggested on the BBC website. Not silly at all.

You will get laughted at.
Until you aren't.

Always the way.

I've got a wind up radio/torch, life straw and water purification tablets. Petrol tanks are full. I need to check through the first aid kit as that is probably low. I also need to check our food tins as although there are a few tins of fish and beans, I have a feeling that the majority are fairly random things like water chestnuts that aren't exactly staples. I have plenty of dried goods but government advice is to ensure you have a few days supply of food that doesn't require additional water or cooking. I also need to replenish bottled water as we tend to work through our supply if we are going on a long drive.

I would not call myself a panic prepped, but it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that I could be snowed in and with a cold so not want to walk to the shops. I like to have enough food for the family to survive for a few weeks. Rice, pasta and some tins, a fridge freezer and there would be some random meals but I wouldn’t call it stock pilling.

We also make sure we have wood for the long burner in case of the boiler breaking day and it not being fixable the same day. This has happened to a friend who had no heating and hot water due to a part being out of stock. I think mild prepping is sensible. No different than financial prepping is paying into a pension or having savings.

No plans to survive a nuke or a zombie apocalypse or a plague.

Panic buying is the complete opposite of prepping. Those who have prepared are the least likely to panic buy

And yet posters are telling the OP to head to the preppers board…

Yes, I have prepped for power outages and illness!
Last time I had the flu I was out for 5 days. My greedy family ate all the food I made, that was in the freezer, and basically left me to starve! So I always have tins of soup (in flavours they don't like - ha).

Guess I've prepped for bad weather and bad manners!

Here it is. It's not very big at all, but the reviews are OK and I'm glad I have it, even though I haven't had to use it YET!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08JCFCX5J/?encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aaxitk=065051689e3502a8fb55dbae27137ddb&hsa_cr_id=7823387830902&sr=1-1-e0fa1fdd-d857-4087-adda-5bd576b25987&aref=QrhqTAKHr7&ref=sbx_s_sparkle_sbtcd_asin_0_title

LOL how rude of them!! I guess you need to hide some preps from them! 😅

That’s quite an ignorant way of looking at it.

The last atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, and despite the many wars and conflicts since then, nuclear weapons haven’t been used again in combat.

World leaders are unlikely to go nuclear, as wiping out humanity isn’t the objective. What’s far more likely in any major crisis is disruption: loss of water, food supplies, electricity, or other basic services.

If you’re willing to take that risk, that’s your choice. But just because some people choose to prepare doesn’t mean they aren’t living their lives. It simply means they prefer not to rely entirely on everything running smoothly all the time.

I asked this earlier, and forgive me for being a non camping/cooking expert!

If I had to, where would I use a camping stove in the event that I need it? I wonder what others would do, is it safe to use indoors say with windows and doors open, or would I need to use it outside only. Thinking carbon monoxide here!

I have bottled water for a few days, a decent knife, a battery radio, tinned foods and a first aid kit.

I think when you have a child you have to take some level of responsibility, not for full on survival but to last a few days/weeks if necessary.

This is also what the government recommends.

The world we live in is a house of cards. You would be foolish to trust it entirely.