To stockpile 72 hours of supplies

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..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?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/26/stockpile-supplies-72-hours-disasters-attack-eu-tells-citizens

I was just thinking there what I could eat if I had no power.

Tinned salmon/tuna
Tinned corned beef
Baked beans
Bread, crackers, Biscuits, cake, chocolate
Fruit
Cheese
Yogurt
Overnight oats with yogurt
Cereal with powdered milk or watered down coffee mate or similar.

I have all the above in, so if there's anything vital I could get in addition, add to the list!

We'd be fine for longer than 72 hours. I do a lot of my shopping from Costco so it comes in bulk anyway and if necessary could probably manage at least 3 weeks on what we have. Smaller portions obviously and less fresh fruit/vegetables. We do have both a barbecue and a camping stove so not reliant on electricity for cooking. I do also have some bottled water.

I spent a chunk of my childhood on the RAF base closest to the East German border. My father insisted we were "prepared" just in case. I keep a bag in the very bottom of our boot with a change of clothes for everyone, toiletries, some distractions for the kids, torch, spare batteries, first aid kit, tool kit, cash, sewing kit, medication, blankets, cutlery etc. I check it every 3 months or sooner if we've used something. Has come in handy for all sorts of things.

Well, that’s when you bring out your little camping stove. 🙂

Those little camping stoves are the business - less than £20 and a stock of gas cannisters for a tenner and you'll be fine.
Handy for making tea on the beach too!

Note to self: must get a flint and a bag of tinder.

I've always said I'm saving all my kummerspeck for Armageddon.

Are they the type that you must use outdoors only? I seem to recall that some people died in their tent after using one to cook on, presumably it was carbon monoxide poisoning. Not sure if it was one of the camping stoves though.

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Make the tinder yourself

People who have a very small home and live close to a shop. I could probably live for 3 days, but a week could be difficult. I don't have a proper freezer for one thing.

Living in darkest Devon we don't have gas so all electric & get regular power cuts. We have a camping stove/grill as well as a couple of camping lamps kept dully charged, some lights in power sockets that automatically come on when power goes off & lots of candles.

The cheese would probably last a bit, but how long would the yogurt last not in a fridge?

Which is a vast percentage of the population 🙄

The cheese would probably last a bit, but how long would the yogurt last not in a fridge?

Also the bread won't last long - need to be able to make your own. Long life yeast & strong plain flour - or bread mix. I'd also add some tinned veg into the mix as if power off the frozen veg in freezer will only be good for a few days.

I don't really know TBH, but I'm thinking that it can be a bit sharp and sour anyway (the Greek one) so it wouldn't kill me in overnight oats! I've used (refrigerated) yogurts 6-8 weeks (and more) beyond use by date and they have been absolutely fine. That's what made me think they'd last a while out of the fridge. Worth a try anyway, what's the worst that can happen if it's only the taste that's affected, that can be camouflaged with honey and fruit.

Surely you just eat the perishables first? No messing around making overnights, just eat the yoghurt before the fridge warms up?

I don't stockpile per say, but since covid, I always buy my loo roll in 24 packs and get a new one when I'm down to my last 12 rolls!

Yep, I do. It's me age ... when I was a kid, all the adults had backup supplies because of going through a war and its aftermath. I took the habit into my own adulthood. The last time this announcement went out - year before last, maybe - I realised my water purifying tablets were about 20 years out of date so I bought some new ones.

I ditched my emergency wind-up radio that could receive all the wavelengths. It was a pain in the arse and never worked very well. Radio reception's really crummy where I live, I'll probably just rely on shouting out the window to find out the news!

I'm not allowed to keep gas on the property (HA flat). It's a source of very mild anxiety ... when the apocalypse happens, I'll be cold! Waah! I probably won't mind eating cold tinned curry out of the can, though 😂

Freezer not much use if the electricity supply goes off - and our electricity supply is run by mostly foreign companies.
Dried food and tins is what is needed - I used to buy both pulses and rice in bulk. Had enough for 2 to 3 months.

One of our local farmers that I follow is saying this.
We already have over an week of dried and canned foods in that we use in rotation anyway. That and we have lamps and a few fully charged battery packs, to charge the lamps and phones
Only because we used to live in the middle of nowhere and have never lost the habit.

Any combustion heating will do that in a closed space. It burns the oxygen, innit.

Thanks!

Didn't think of that!

From now on, a camping stove I shall have too!

Quoted wrong post.

We Keep at least a week of supply - dry food and canned goods. Also solar charger for phones and some other essentials.

Lived in hurricane territory for a while before we moved to UK, and it just seems prudent in general. Not a major investment.

Well I've got way more than 72 hrs worth of tinned and packaged food. So I wouldn't starve.
Why is it only 72 hours we need to survive for though?