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Government announcement today that we should stock up on food etc

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Here is the BBC article:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp931m8n3p5o

Besides extreme weather events there is the danger of cyber attacks and warfare.

We are very far in the UK from self reliance, as a country/set of countries.

I've heard of 'preppers' - people who have already stocked up a great deal of supplies for the event of extreme conditions - often in the US.

There are also people who own bunkers.

This thread is to share ideas about:

1.  Whether you will actually do anything

2.  If so, what will you stock?

and any other comments about the situation, which is the first I've experienced like this in my lifetime.

I am thinking back to my parents generation and WW2, rations etc.

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  • I’m not a prepper myself, but my dad is. He’s got weird stuff (most of which I forget about because I try to ignore that he is one) like some kind of makeshift heating system that uses a bucket, sand, and I think coals to generate low heat over a long time. Yeah, it’s pretty common over here, and I think it’s popular both with left and right leaning individuals that mistrust the government.

    I get the appeal. For my dad, he obviously wants to be the hero of the family if things ever go south for whatever reason. My major concern - and the only reason I would entertain prepping or stocking up - is how fragile our infrastructure is becoming over here. We recently had a major cyberattack in the Midwest on our water suppliers by Iran (hilariously it was wrongfully blamed on the Democrat Minnesota governor by Daddy Trump), which only serves to prove how vulnerable we are.

    I should be stocking up on AT LEAST bottled water if not also imperishables, but I guess apathy has prevented me from doing so thus far. My dad is also convinced that we need to set aside a huge chunk of physical cash in case banking systems fail, though my opinion on that is that paper money would probably be worthless in that situation anyways. In a situation where all power/data/internet systems go down (ex. solar flare or EMP), goods and services would be worth far more than money itself, in my opinion.

    TLDR: I get it, but either due to apathy or lack of self-preservation I have no interest in prepping/stocking up.

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