To take notice of daily fails headline to invest in an emergency war pack?

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So this morning I wake up and whilst browsing phone saw the headline. I ordered a £16 battery radio plus batteries from Argos & went shopping for bottled water & tinned foods. Family think I’ve gone nuts.
am also going to get a little metal box for documents and some cash next week. I recall the the US fires that’s some people wished they had done that.
where can I get a metal box from? Have a metal filing cabinet was going to put all the important docs in a portable one inside it.
surely I am not the only to do this ? I am not a conspiracy theorist by the way but know some that have planned for nuclear attack for years

Oh dear!!!!

Head over to the prepper board for more responses like you are looking for. But I agree with other posters; Don't base your plans on a DM article. There's lots of ways to prepare for lots of eventualities. Research it and decide what matters most to you. Personally I'd be using a fire proof safe for things like birth certificates and family heirlooms, (non-digital) photos etc.

My mum was like you. Think growing up in rural Scotland and heavy snowfalls. I’m generally the opposite like to run all food down to nothing and re buy in one go.
there was the petrol shortage 30 years ago again I always run to top of red and get a full tank. I got lucky lived opposite a garage went to ask why everyone queuing then got in car & got a full tank. No one could believe I had a full tank in the crisis but it was lucky as my parents could use my car to help me work with childcare as I was single mum at that time.

Think you’ve been reading too much Mumsnet…

We live rurally and often get cut off in bad weather so I've always got a full larder including flour etc, at least 2 boxes of tea bags and long life milk. And I buy bulk dog food now as we ran out during lockdown and I couldn't get any! Need candles though as we've used loads over Christmas/New Year.

Armageddon outa here 😊

Tbh, if war comes my preference is for the end to come quickly and to not know much about it.

Surviving the immediate aftermath and and dealing with the subsequent fallout (no pun intended) for an indeterminable period of time afterwards sounds the far worse fate to me.

So, no, I won't be preparing. It's never going to happen anyway.

Mouth ulcers - it is brilliant for those and minor cuts, buy in Germany or Spain when go there.

not really.
The EU - collectively and individual countries - regularly advice citizens to keep around 72 hours worth of food, medicines etc ready for just in case, and to know where all their important papers are.

And i never think it's a bad thing to have a heatproof/fireproof etc safe to put important documents in. Just in case.

I have had a "go bag" for as long as i can remember. (even as a kid)

Cash is the most useful prep. If there is a cyber attack then screwing up bank payments (remember the 2018 chaos when Visa stopped working a few years back?) would be a good one to hit the European/British public with. Even 48 hours without Visa or Mastercard would be a massive PIA.

we live fairly close to a nuclear power plant that is falling apart. Not in the country i live in. If it really starts to deteriorate fast, the local government will give us all 3 months worth of iodine tablets. For the radiation sickness.

Yabu for reading the fail in the first place

We had a water emergency a few weeks ago in North Wales and were delivered enough water to last for a few days of normal drinking, Must tell myself not to drink anymore incase I have none for 72 hours or I will die or thirst or not having enough toilet paper to wipe my bum.
I am going to look like a right pratt tomorrow in Aldi when I do my monthly shop of Toilet Rolls, Washing Powder, Machine tablets and Bum wipes. Must be there at 8 am with a balaclava on. 😃

Thank you I’ve had a look and people have posted swedens advice and it’s not so different to be honest.
and there are people on there saying who doesn’t have at least a whole weeks worth of emergency food in stock & gallons of water. Well I never really do as shops are plentiful 7 days a week but during covid they weren’t people panic bought everything.
I’m actually happy that I’ve got organised.
other posters saying that their cash was handy when banking and shops systems when down recently.
I doubt any cash I take out will last long though !

I used to live in Tokyo. Because of the earthquake risk, everyone was expected, as a civic duty, to be able to look after themselves for 3-4 days and it was entirely standard for every family/household to have a plan - to have some food in stock, some water, necessities such as medicines and toiletries, an agreed meeting place and a back up meeting place. There is an annual public holiday for earthquake preparedness, when you are supposed to check your plans and your readiness (eg you refill your water containers etc). But it is all very commonplace and matter of fact. I’m long back in the UK, but I do have a seed of “being self reliant for a few days being a good thing” and I really don’t think that needs to be a scary or inflammatory thing at all - just a bit of common sense

DM say no more 😆

I think PP was just pointing out you don’t need the documents

Thank you. That’s really interesting. If the majority are self reliant then the emergency services can spend more time with the vulnerable.

Seems like a sensible idea, no harm being prepared

I know but if you did have the documents it would be a lot less admin hassle.

I think it would be better to learn how to snare and skin wildlife for food, how to collect rainwater, build shelter and fight, really fight for survival if you felt the need to be prepared for war.

I am not a conspiracy theorist by the way but know some that have planned for nuclear attack for years

If a nuclear war comes there is only one sensible thing to prepare - ensure that you are sitting right beside a prime target. Because a battery powered radio and a few bottles of water won't get you anywhere in what will come next, and the lucky ones will be those that vapourise with the strike.

Tell me you don't need regular medication to survive without telling me you don't need regular medication to survive.

Having gallons of water isn't a pita for me. It's about 36p for 2.5l in Lidl. Buy a crate of 6 every three months and put them under the stairs. Whats gone off can flush the loo. We had no water for a week a while back as flood water got into the reservoir. Everyone was queuing for the first two days. We should of of had a priority doorstep drop as have a disabled child. We never did. By day two everyone had filled their boots with bottled water so we didn't have to queue very long.

Yes we are rural. No I don't ever want to be expecting the state to save us. If they do that's great but if they don't, they dont.

I really think it's comforting to prep a bit for many reasons eg flooding and Bush fires are on the up with global warming.

Occasionally I use everything up and start again but it's good for my mh knowing I'd never be crying in my car on tic toc because I can't feed my kids during a pandemic. Everything mostly goes back to normal within a week. But in that week there was no help. Everyone's out for themselves

fire proof box, search on Amazon, not expensive.