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?

We are safe! Date season in GCC is summer so they have time to finish this off before harvest
(on a serious note, lots come from elsewhere so still safe. I think costco has US ones even)

Are you prone to more general anxiety @Olympeagal ?

Read my posts. My partner is away and is definately not.in a safe place. Read before you post.

Yes i am feeling frightened.

At my grand old age of 50-something i've lived through a lot of global shenanigans and one thing i've learned is my worrying about it achieves the square root of bugger all.
I understand your concern OP as your DH is in Asia & may find getting home tricky, but honestly the best thing you can do for you is turn off the radio/tv and just carry on as normal. In the words of the prophet, this too shall pass.

You need to be very careful with your comments. Reports suggest that the hotel was hit with debris, so please stop and think before you go any further.

Toilet rolls, tinned foods, vesta packet meals, cup a soups.

Pretend it’s another Covid outbreak?

Have you used your stockpiled supplies from Covid yet?

You said he's in Asia. You didn't say he wasn't in a safe place before.

I’m stockpiling balaclavas 🤔

People like this, who start threads like this… are never ever “careful with their comments”. Or indeed the detail.

Op, that's not really what you implied before with him being in asia, as you siad "thankfully" so it does sound he is safe

I love "global shenanigans"😂. I wish newsreaders would use that: And now to the global shenanigans. In West Africa there has been...

Bollox. You said he’s in Asia.

Now story changing

I've still got a few weird tins in my brexit box if anyone is desperate for tinned potatoes, carrots and chickpeas.

I don’t feel the need to stockpile anything, but I’m assuming that certain areas of the stock market will suffer. It will no doubt bounce back long term, but those with short term investments may need to protect their funds. If you have a share portfolio or are nearing retirement age and have a personal pension, it might be worth having a financial advisor take a look at where your investments are.

You said your partner is in Asia, not the Middle East though? Is the country he’s in connected to what’s happening in Iran/Israel? I think he’ll be safer where he is now than if he was in Iran/Israel.

Thankfully he is now in Asia

Jesus, your partner is thousands of miles away in Asia OP. Didn’t an Iranian elementary school just get bombed and lots of children die? You need a serious reality check.

Either we’ll all be fine or else we won’t. Worrying about something you have no control over is pointless.

The last time I looked on a map, ‘Asia’ covers a huge area and is a long way from the Middle East. Your husband being in Dubai 3 weeks ago is totally irrelevant.

Panic buy loo rolls.

Petrol stations are always busy on Saturdays.

About 44 million km2. Googled out of curiosity

When I transited home yesterday (phew) via Dubai on Emirates, every other advert on the inflight entertainment system was for a Trump luxury hotel. Seems he has one in nearly every state - Dubai, Quatar, UAE, Bahrain etc. Certainly wouldn’t want to be staying in one of those atm.

I have lots of soup due to being ‘not quite myself’ a while ago and food shopping while delirious.

I'm worried too OP, about us as well as people already suffering in the Middle East. Petrol prices will rocket very soon so filling up was sensible.