AIBU to think the stockpile advice suggests something to come??

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The government is low-key telling people to stock up with tinned food, bottled water etc

I have tinned food, gas camping stoves etc just need to think about water really..

Do you think that they know something is happening/going to happen?

A really useful thing to know about camping stoves (or any gas stove) is that if the flame turns orange/yellow it's producing carbon monoxide and your room is not sufficiently ventilated. Even a tinged green flame is not safe. Gas flames should be blue.

If a gas flame is orange it means that the fuel is not burning sufficiently due to lack of oxygen, you need a lot of ventilation to burn a camping stove.

France too
https://www.newsweek.com/france-pulls-all-gold-out-of-us-federal-reserve-11792591

Most people would just move out.

For anyone rural/ semi rural, long power cuts ( 24 hrs or more) are a fact. We soon learn life is a lot easier if you have some readiness!

Only works if you have family to go to or the means to pay for a hotel.

Then it’s if the hotel has space and even power itself.

Some people also decide to stay as once it becomes public knowledge of empty streets the looters appear.

I haven't told anyone to rush out and buy anything. I've passed on what we in our house and a lot of others I know have in place for emergency. They can be safely used by sensible people, indoors- following the LONG LIST OF SAFETY PROCEDURES you mention. Maybe you should give people credit for having common sense.

They didn’t feel the need to. Once they had a source for hot water they were fine. They were born just before WW2, and are very stoical.

HP

Many people are unaware and fire services say
camping equipment absolutely shouldn’t be used indoors for both the huge carbon monoxide risk and risk of fires.

Sadly many people are lacking common sense.

People absolutely shouldn’t be making these devices indoors.

https://news.sky.com/story/london-fire-brigade-issue-warning-over-people-using-camping-stoves-and-barbecues-indoors-in-bid-to-cut-energy-bills-12784870

You've said this over and over - and over again - and I am saying adults in an emergency situation can and will make their own choices. Observing safety is obviously important- so are hot drinks and a way to heat food for many, and you give everyone the same lack of credit for having any common sense which I actually think is more patronising than anything.

Nobody should be encouraging people to use camping equipment and homemade heating devices in doors.

I'm not arguing with you about this anymore. In an emergency situation, with good ventilation- which I've already said- and common sense safety around soft furnishings and other materials, people can if they wish make the choice to use them. Like many people I also have a carbon monoxide detector independent of my electricity supply which is checked regularly and batteries changed in a timely manner. I've had to use ours before during power cuts and I do have enough brains and common sense to take the proper precautions. Adults don't get 'encouraged' in the way you seem to think. The ones I know aren't mindless sheep, they make their own informed decisions and understand risk assessment. You've made your views and concerns clear, I've made my views clear. I have, can and will use one in an emergency because I have a severely disabled husband who cannot be left with no hot fluids or foods.

Sauce.

I tend to agree with you.
I think its more to do with cyber attack/ hostile acts than el nino.

Nobody should be using these devices indoors and the scaremongering needs to lessen somewhat. Nobody is going to die if they have cold food for a couple of days and there is an emergency services register for the vulnerable and disabled. Hot drinks don’t change your body temperature.

They help you to feel a lot more comfortable in the cold, though.

Not when your house is going up in flames or as you pass away from carbon monoxide poisoning with zero warning.

Hot drinks don’t change your body temperature

That’s slightly missing the point isn’t it? your body will do what is necessary to maintain your constant core temperature of about 37°. It therefore follows that if you drink a cold drink in cold weather, your body will have to extract heat (calories) from your body in order to raise the temperature of that cold drink to your core temperature. Otherwise you will get cold.

Do not dare to attempt to educate me about caring for a disabled person that I love. As you have no idea of the conditions involved you are not qualified to make that sweeping comment. Call it scaremongering if you so wish; some of us don't have the luxury of such complacency. You are unbelievably patronising and incredibly naive.

You really are ridiculous.

Give it a rest. We got the message by the fifth time you've repeated it.

No thanks people are still justifying their use which is encouraging others .

You don’t know what my family situation isnor who care for. I will call out dangerous suggestions , unnecessary scaremongering and false information whether you like it or not.