To be really scared by this messaging from the government?

[sookiestjames77]

As someone who really struggled during the pandemic this has really scared me. I have done a big order of hygiene basics to arrive tomorrow (12 x packs of wet wipes etc) and will be heading out for a stock up shop tomorrow to fill up on tins etc.

I’m considering ordering 12 of those water refills for water coolers and a pump that fits in the top, but I don’t know if that’s overkill. I alone drink 4-5 litres of water a day, plus cooking water!

I am really scared. How is everyone else dealing with this?

By drinking wine.

What’s the messaging

By ignoring scaremongering on mn

By not panicking.

By not panicking. What happens is out of your hands. If we get nuked, it won't matter how many tins of soup you have.

I have opened the news expecting to see ww3 and I have have traitors and meghans dad?

That we need to be prepared for some sort of disaster. They won’t say what sort, of course. But they want us to have handheld radios, torches, sleeping bags!!!

I may be naive but I’m not doing anything. I carried on as normal during Covid as well. The government can F off !

Oh!

They have been saying this all year. I have bought water that’s it.

Don’t panic! Jees you panicked me 😂

I'm ignoring it.

I think the messaging has been very poor. They've not not giving a clear indication of whether there is an imminent threat nor or what the nature of any threat is and then they've had ministers seeming to joke about it. AR saying there was wine in hers and then Andy Burnham saying wine isn't appropriate, then remembering he is supposed to be 'relatable' and saying he was sure you could have some. I don't know what they want me to do so I'm veering towards doing nothing.

🙄🙄😂😂

I was already drinking wine. I’ll start putting brandy in it now.

You are going for serious overkill. Unless you go through 3 packs of wet wipes a day you don’t need that many or 12 giant things of water.

The message is just to don’t allow your cupboard to run empty or run out of medicine and have a torch or candles in case something disrupts supply - not planning for a catastrophe.

Examples
-chunks of Spain lost power for a few days last year. Which stopped trains and traffic, so no electricity or internet abs shops ran low.
-Parts of Southampton lost water for 3 days.
-Storms can bring down overhead power cables
-Banks could have a problem which stops cards working.

Nothing to panic about but your life is easier if you have supplies in.

This is in line with so many other counties and is not preparing for a disaster.

Why are you scared? In other countries, it’s absolutely normal to have grab bags and 72hrs worth of food and is widely recommended by their governments.The Uk is an outlier in terms of national resilience and the messaging is about starting to address that. We live very comfortable lives now and are used to things always being open and available but this may not always be the case and being able to look after your household in an unusual situation is just good risk management

Yes I don’t think it helps that it’s unclear whether it’s prepping for poor weather (a lot easier to do, we get winter storms down here all the time and I reckon I could deal
with that after getting some tins in), or if it’s for all out war. I wish they were clear.

I think it is more cyber attacks disrupting life than bombs if that helps.
It is a bit scary but could be worse.
The government is advising three days supplies are kept in.
I have done that and am now trying not to think too much more about it.

If it’s all out war, three days of supplies won’t really go far. I think it’s a mix of a very wet and windy winter coming up which is likely to lead to power cuts, which may be sustained in some parts of the countries, issues with both the weather and fuel shortages that will mean petrol shortages and affect the supply chain and also potentially having rolling blackouts, and cyber attacks taking shops and businesses, government services etc. offline for a day or two. So just a combination of issues that will be disruptive for a short period.

Boots on ground war is very unlikely here, but cyber warfare is ongoing and has been for a long time and is likely to escalate as technical capabilities increase.

I don’t think it can be much worse than an attack that stops life for three days to be honest

Keeping calm and carrying on. Just like I did through Covid.

I don't mean to panic you further but unless you are doing activities or have health conditions that mean you require a lot more water then most, you are drinking a dangerous amount. In fact, it could be what is leading you to act so irrationally.

They're not 'being clear' because there is no imminent threat of WW3 etc, just a possibility of a bit of a power cut and slight threat of some sort of action. People are behaving like we're about to get bombed! My local supermarket was like a bomb site yesterday, mind you, so there may be something in that...

Just a reminder to be prepared, be more resilient, don't leave everything like meds until you run out, etc. Sheesh.

I’m fine thanks, I am larger and active.

By ignoring it.

This, exactly. It’s just to build a little resilience into the system, and it should be something we’re all prepared for, all the time. If there’s a storm and the power goes out for two days, can you eat, if the shops are also shut? Do you have a way to provide light in the house in the evening? If the water goes off, can you cope for a couple of days? Basically you don’t want to be the person on the news crying your eyes out because you had empty cupboards and used no common sense and now you’re hungry. But we also don’t need to prepare for wartime situations and that’s not what’s needed. Just look around your house and think, could we live comfortably in this house for three days without electricity, gas, water or all three? And if not, what could we reasonably have in the house to help us do that if it came to it.

Many people already do have enough! But not everyone does and it’s a good thing to think about.