What would things really look like?

[TableTurners]

Whilst I'm aware we're being told to buy wind up radio in case of 'natural disasters', these have always been possible and we've never been told to be prepared before now.

So I suspect all this preparedness is probably to do with something else - could someone tell me what that something else might look like? If we’re talking attacks by other countries, what would that actually look like today? Bombs falling like the blitz or something else?

People talk of war but I guess I'm just actually asking how that would impact our day to day lives here.

I think the world in general is in quite a precarious and unstable position - given the conflict in the middle east, and Putin's hybrid warfare. The climate is also more unstable, making disruption to our food supplies more likely. But I personally don't think there's one big sinister event the government are gearing us up for - from what I understand, we've lagged behind other European governments, in terms of the ways their populations are being encouraged to be prepared and resilient, so I think this is more about people in the U.K catching up, hopefully in a sensible way, and hopefully just in case.

I think the PHP vulnerabilities have made the UK govt sit up and take notice. I think a lot of people in power are bricking it a bit.

The PHP vulnerability alone wouldn’t necessarily justify the three days’ worth of supplies. But a credible scenario might look like this:

• A major cyberattack affects power distributors, telecoms operators and large retailers simultaneously.
• Parts of the country experience prolonged power outages.
• Mobile networks become unreliable.
• Electronic payments fail.
• Some water pumping and monitoring systems are disrupted.
• Supply chains stall for a couple of days.

In that situation, having:

• water,
• food that doesn't require cooking,
• a torch,
• medication,
• a power bank,
• and cash

would make a significant difference until systems recover. That is essentially what the Government's checklist prepares people for.

I think it's cyber attacks against supermarkets and government agencies and payment platforms. Like nobody can take payment or buy anything even though they do physically have stuff and have money in the bank.

Or same sort of thing but for energy or water supply? Somehow it gets sabotaged?

I suspect that the government are covering their backs for anticipated energy cuts due to any number of things (including El Nino). Whatever causes it will inevitably be blamed on foreign agents of some sort, even if it's not.

Didn’t France have their supermarket fridges turned off remotely via a hacking recently? Maybe they’re worried about something like that