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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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  • The recent stuff about this gave me a kick to make a list and maintain a stock. I'll begin next week with a good wind-up/solar/battery radio. Fortunately, I have one decent power pack but that would only last 48-72 hours in an emergency, charging up the phone and laptop. Also fortunately, I have room in the garage to add a box for this stuff. I know some houses in Scotland were without power for a couple of weeks after a bad storm a couple of winters ago and people there had to travel (if they could get through the snow) to recharge their phones etc. Here's my current list for one person for 1-2 weeks without power/heat (see below).

    Camping stove (single or double ring) & butane.
    Hurricane lamp and oil
    Safe heater (Catalytic? Not sure propane safe for indoors. More research needed)
    Wind up radio/torch
    Flask
    Cash
    Candles
    Books/solitary games

    Milk powder (online specialist that sells whole milk, not supermarket crap skimmed milk)
    Dried beans
    Tinned veg (e.g. tomatoes)
    Tinned meat/fish
    Rice or dried pasta
    Rice crackers/rusks
    Water jerry cans – 3 x 25 litres (1 person for 10 days)
    Soup (tinned/packet)
    Coffee
    ?Sauces
    Yoghurt Granola bars
    Ready to eat camping meals (from prepper site)

  • in reply to Alexa

    A large cardboard box and straw., You can use it as a slow cooker, get your meal ready using your camping stove or open fire, bring it up to the boil, prep your cardboard box by making a nest of straw in the bottong and around the sides, put your pot in the box, so its nestled in the straw, pack more straw around it and leave for several hours. The straw will keep the heat in and slowly cook the meal.

    One of the ways our ancestors cooked was to use hot rocks to boil things. Cobbles are good for this, you can heat them in a small fire, they oik them out, being careful not to burn yourself, keep aloe vera gel handy, and pop them in a pan of stuff you want to boil or heat up. Use one at a time as they get very hot and hold heat for a fair old while. The rocks can be returned to the fire and will be clean from the fire, although you may get random bits of charcoal in your hot liquid.

    Learn how to make flat breads, you can cook these on a flat pan over a fire, or turn a wok upside down and cook the bread on them. You have to have a traditional wok though.

    For those with gardens, maybe think about building a pizza oven, they're not that expensive to build and can be used to bake pretty much anything and can be as large or small as you like.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Please excuse me joining in good people - I built a pizza oven in our garden a few years ago - quite a lot of graft and I guess not expensive depends on how much DIY people are able to get into and how deep their finances are - reckon that mine cost maybe 3 or 4 hundred pounds to build all told - good fun and yes a handy fall back option ( and a great excuse to stand around drinking beer - that fire has to be watched you know!) - not sure it'll feed the 5000 but it'd probably keep a few households in warm grub if it came to it

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Please excuse me joining in good people - I built a pizza oven in our garden a few years ago - quite a lot of graft and I guess not expensive depends on how much DIY people are able to get into and how deep their finances are - reckon that mine cost maybe 3 or 4 hundred pounds to build all told - good fun and yes a handy fall back option ( and a great excuse to stand around drinking beer - that fire has to be watched you know!) - not sure it'll feed the 5000 but it'd probably keep a few households in warm grub if it came to it

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