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?

Same here in north Yorks 🧡

Are you drinking that much because you think forcing yourself to drink that much is healthy or because you're really thirsty? Because if it's the latter you might want to ask your doctor about diabetes insipidus. Being really thirsty and needed to wee really often (which going once an hour is) are the main symptoms. It's not a medical emergency, but it will cause damage to your body over time.

Stay safe!

Smaller shops do tend to stay open, ime. As do takeouts that can cook with gas. You need cash, of course, or a good level of trust with the shopkeepers. I borrowed dog food and a bottle of vodka from our local shop last time we had a power cut.

My friend keeps her shop open and uses camping lights to light the shop. The chippy next door to her and the pizza shop a few doors up also tend to stay open.

Some larger chains have generators to keep the power on during power cuts.

You want them to tell you to prep for war. If a nuclear bomb goes off we will all die. You won't need food, water, or anything else. You certainly need to calm down. I live in the US and I'm prepping for winter, snow storms, and the power going out.

Last time we had a power cut of any note must have been twenty years ago!

it may look new to cough some people cough...but the advice has been out there for years. I remember having a conversation at work about it around 2005. We had a locum from NZ with us and she was amazed that we didn't do things like keep a bucket and binbags to use instead of a toilet. She said a good trick is to line the existing loo with a binbag and remove it after use because this is easier for adults to balance on than a bucket. For real poshness apparently you keep a stock of absorbent cat litter and scoop some into the bag to soak up any wee that the loo paper can't absorb.

Blimey!

How fortunate.

OP works for the NHS...I would hope they've looked into this properly in that case...

I hope she isn't in charge of caring for real people.

oh PS, had a powercut last night and am sat in one tonight (got a ups on my router) Had a couple last month and one the month before.

Jesus fucking Christ. I drink that much because that’s what I drink. It’s not a big deal and I’ve not got diabetes. My HBA1C was 30 last time it was checked! I just stay hydrated.

It’s actually really, really strange to look at people’s posting history to try and use it against them.

Best not to assume, @Truinio and @boredandgrand; unfortunately I have been involved in a number of the things you mention and was speaking from experience

Only if they are already suffering clinical levels of anxiety and/or have no common sense or almost no general knowledge.

We've had a few bad ones in recent years, oddly, mostly due to heat rather than wind/storms. You can tell the ones that are going to be bad because cell service goes down too, so you know most of the town is affected and not just a few streets.

In those ones, we wait 15-20 minutes, and if the power doesn't come back, we grab the dogs, check on elderly relatives, stop at a local shop for alcohol if it is a weekend, and head back home for a garden fire, drinks, and downloaded music using power banks to keep phones alive.

What we don't do is start preparing for Armageddon.

We've been lucky to only have power outages for a night at most. Some parts of town were left without power for days in the last one. Local churches and community centers quickly stepped up and offered people a place to charge phones and power banks and grab a hot meal for those without gas. It was all very calm and civilised, with not a single looter in sight.

We weren’t literally sent a message. It’s just been all over the media for the past few days because the government updated their website with the same information that was put out two years ago, but everyone ignored. The press have been questioning members of the cabinet about it so the information has gone mainstream. People who keep abreast with current affairs mostly had been aware of it for a long time already.

Can't begin to remember things like that!

Although, did you go to Riddlesdown High School in Purley, Croydon? Kate Moss did, apparently!

No, not really, I was genuinely looking to find out if you had mentioned your occupation elsewhere-and having found it, it simply doesn't make sense to me that someone who works for a government department can start a thread so full of exclamation marks and panic at something that's been all over the media recently. I also feel there are elements to some of your posts that want others to blame the government in some way.

Again, really fucking weird to do that. Also, there was one exclamation mark in my post.

Not weird at all. Whenever someone posts who comes across as weird, it's always a good idea to check them out.

They're all over your comments. And just because you're challenged you don't need to start peppering everything with the f word.

Thankyou BIWI. Because there have been way too many threads recently aimed at stirring panic, or questioning thr governments motives (I'm no big fan of any government to be honest, but this is a different issue to me) some of which have been recognised as bots.

I’ll say what I want, thank you. It’s really fucking weird to do it.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 fucking hell