Getting prepared just in case

[Olympeagal]

Is anyone else preparing or making plans, in case the situation in the Middle East escalates?
Ive filled my car up with fuel. Should i be doing more?

The problem with running a tightly controlled dictatorship where you have complete control over every aspect of the country, using fear and torture, is that there isn't really a succession plan in place for your eventual demise.
The majority of the people wanted change, and if the security services attempt to suppress then Trump and Benjy will put boots on the ground.
Trump wants the oil, Benjy wants the press at home.
Khamenei was ultimately collateral damage.

Sure, the best approach would have been to slowly build up her preparedness and be ready already. But the second best approach is to start approaching her preparedness now that this crisis has brought how fragile things are into relief.

We have an EV so no. Also, the US has gone to war 3 times in the Middle East in as many decades so it’s nothing new. Kind of a tradition now.

The entire population going out this weekend to fill their cars up with fuel would cause issues.

But the second best approach is to start approaching her preparedness now

And if everyone does that?

that this crisis has brought how fragile things are into relief.

I thought we knew this already?

No. Carrying on as normal. These sort of things don’t bother me

Since sdr and preparedness campaigns launched, I never get below 1/2 a tank of fuel. Of course it will help. It will mean I can do nursery drop offs and get to work tomorrow. On a personal note, having done several middle of the night rushes to hospital with my little one, it also means I'm not worrying about stopping for petrol on the way in.

It could be this conflict. It could be Russia. It could be another pandemic or a flood. When something like this happens, it makes you suddenly aware of how many hours you are able to survive as a household if everything around you doesn't keep working perfectly. That's what OP is reacting to.

If everyone makes sure their own household can get by for a few days, the govt can focus on the external threat. That's how it helps the national effort as well as your own interests.

Filling your tank with petrol will only see you through a week or two and there's going to be instability and violence in all oil-producing countries for the next 50 years or so unril the oil runs out. The best thing you can do to prepare is try to decarbonise your lifestyle as far as possible. Buy an EV car if you can. For some households the cheap untra-light micro electric cars will do for a runabout local journeys and if you only do long journeys occasionally you can use hire cars or trains for those (won't work for everyone obvs). Move house to somewhere that is in walking distance of the major places you need to get to or with good public transport links, and encourage the people you need to regularly visit (eg elderly parehts) to do the same. Get a bicycle and get into shape to be able to use it. If you have a garden, start a vegetable patch and consider keeping chickens. Work on increasing the amount of seasonal locally sourced produce in your regular food plans so that you are less reliant on ingredients flown in from far away. Get used to saying "no" to things that are only possible in a world of affordable and plentiful fossil fuels. There's going to be a lot of troubles for a long time and there's absolutely no point stockpiling.

I don't get the panic to fill cars up - do you let them go empty? I have an EV which I keep topped up every night and DH has a diesel which he also keeps topped up so maybe do that rather than let it go to empty and then need a lot in one go. Then there won't be a panic at the petrol stations!

If we knew this already, people would be better prepared already.

£150-ish for a bike
£15,000 for a car
£300,000 - £600,000 for a house with good transport links, walking distance to amenities, garden large enough for growing enough vegetables to live on (not just as a hobby), greenhouse or heated area with grow lighting for growing on seeds, chicken coop, chickens, secure so that nobody can come over and help themselves and foxes can't get in, secure animal feed, secure food storage, not obviously financially well off so it doesn't look like a place worth a crack at, security system, garage for the car and secure bike storage.
Plus be healthy, already well nourished, fit and strong.

Might have well said 'be rich'. It covers all those bases plus extra.

Last thing we need is everyone buying all of the petrol

Something like this happens at least 2 to 3 times a year

Where it looks like things could escalate.

Every year my sister asks me what to do about he holiday that she's booked and whether any conflict could affect it. Places like Egypt etc.

And every year it's been fine.

Reminds me of let them eat cake. Don't they clog the drains as well.

One tank of fuel isn't going to do anything.

Yes, a lot more! Stock up on tinned goods, rice (16kg sacks) and pulses. Tinned meats etc. UHT and dried milk. Pay as much debt off as you can, clear your mortgage if able, this situation has been developing for 5 years and the situation you mention isn’t endgame, endgame is much worse. Let’s hope the people finally get around to saying no to all of it, I don’t have much hope though, looking how far things have gone. If things go totally tits up, a tank of petrol will do you no good whatsoever xx

He was in Kuwait three weeks ago. He’s not in Kuwait now. So it’s fine.

What are you talking about, absolutely no way was petrol £1.89 a gallon in 2021

they're have been a queue round the block, fuel is now £5.89 and was around £5.50 during covid when the prices dropped

My DH has just been to fill.up with fuel. He says the queues are building. Anyone who has seen footage of all the tankers stuck in the Middle East will probably be doing the same.
So yes, ignore the detractors and get your car filled up. The prices will surely start to rocket shortly

I filled my car, because it was on empty.

No one ahead of me, so I’d say ignore all the panic buying people.

i was at our local petrol station this morning and the guy serving us was telling everyone to fill their tanks as there’ll be no petrol by the end of the week and that it will rocket upto £2 per litre. Not sure how much truth was in this!

Nope.

I didn't join in with the panic over covid either and apart from being mildly inconvenienced for a week it was fine. Got online grocery deliveries throughout, bar the first couple of weeks and I wasn't on any vulnerable list.

War with whom???

A guy selling petrol trying to get people to buy more, no way!

Yes but all of this stuff should already have been done.

There's no point in waiting for an emergency and then panic buying. Because if everyone does this, then there will be shortages.