3 day emergency prep.

[cooldarkroom]

Sorry I am so ignorant, but on the back of the threads suggesting we need a 3 day food stash & £100 cash etc. and as I don't live in the UK & thus don't have the UK panic press. What is the explication of this 3 day threat? where is it supposed to come from ? Weather ? Russia ? Civil unrest ?
I could also add, where I live in Europe, no one is suggesting this is necessary or prudent, so I am not trying to criticise, or shed doubt on all of you who are panicking.

Being a massive cynic, having little faith in the goodness of the human race, I would advise you not to tell your friends & neighbours about your prepping, because when they fall short, they will be attacking you for yours.

There isn't a specific threat behind it. It's the same idea as the advice many EU countries already give their citizens. Three days is roughly how long it can take to restore things after something big, like a storm (we've had two named ones in a fortnight), a long power cut, flooding or a water main failure. The government's view is that if most households can cope for three days, emergency services can focus on people who can't. It's insurance rather than a prediction.

Not sure where you live in Europe- if you actually do - but pretty much every European country does this as normal. UK is the outlier

Many Europan governments have been issuing similar advice for years including Belgium,Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Norway and Sweden.

It's just sensible advice to have enough in the house to be able to look after yourself for a few days while government directs efforts towards infrastructure and the most vulnerable.

The emergency might be weather or sabotage related incidents affecting power, water.or supply chains.

3 days is enough for the council/utilities to get organised and sort shit out or come up with a plan.

Local scenarios have been:
flat fire that shorted the electrics in the rest of the building.

Flooding closes the road to the supermarket

Storms, heatwaves, snow.

Water off (took over 24 hours for them to find and fix it)

Banking issues for specific banks

Power cuts (Spain and Portugal for example)

Wildfires (evacuation or stay in due to smoke)

Illness, accident or disability.

Bereavement

Factory fires (etc)

Unexploded WW2 bombs (Coventry and South coast this year)

Cyber attacks are likely. Several companies have been affected.

Flu pandemic. Or another illness possibly

Terrorism (Gloucestershire eg)

Flight disruption due to air traffic control or volcanoes again.

Strikes.

Diesel shortages due to Trump attacking Iran, affecting supply chains, shipping. Also suddenly having to go the long way round.

Landslips blocking roads , long way round to the supermarket, lorries can't deliver easily. (Lots of rain can trigger this. )

Car break down, etc.

Depends where you live. We're unlikely to flood but getting up hill in the snow even in town can be tricky. We're more likely to have our electric back quickly, but more likely to be less adapted to that being in a flat with only electric heating. Shops are in walking distance but riots, crime, and terrorism are more likely. (And fucking idiots with fireworks. Tend not to go out after dark if possible as they get launched from street corners or horizontally straight down the street. Or off balconies or at our windows, the bastards )

Perhaps you could download the leaflets issued by the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Ireland. That'll get you going.

Thank you for responding.

@bellinisurge FYI, I post a lot, but rarely create a post. I do live in Europe, I cannot believe my post has indicated any mischievous intent.

Glad to hear it. This is an absolutely bog standard approach across most of Europe. It is baffling that you find it baffling

We were given similar advice in Spain a following some floods and a country wide power outage it's sensible

no @Maddy70absolutely no one in Europe has ever talked about it at all. Apparently

Oh do bore off. If it was common where I live I wouldn’t have wasted my time asking.
No one I know has done any in depth preparation since Covid, so you are wrong with your sweeping assumptions .