Stockpiling for 'emergencies'

[Blown2CV]

is anyone actually doing this stockpiling stuff in line with government recommendations...? Or is it just the unhinged...

[Accidentalhero]

There is evidence that national infrastructure is targeted and is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Can it hurt to have a week or twos worth of stuff in the house? The idea of needing much more than that is a bit silly but being able to sustain yourself and family for a week or two is just common sense.

The government have had to say this in public because millions rely on fast food being delivered to them by a moped and can barely cook a meal from scratch...

[Agent57]

This was announced in May 2024 under the Conservatives:

https://prepare.campaign.gov.uk/get-prepared-for-e...

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/deputy-prim...

Seems sensible to me.

[Berlin Mike]

You don't need to be a prepper. You only need to know where the preppers live.

[GetCarter]

We've done it for years but that's because we are about as remote as you can get (NW Scottish Highlands) and in winter we can get cut off from food deliveries and often power.

I was a scout as a kid and we were always told 'Be prepared'!

Nout' wrong with that.

[Purosangue]

the same wkers who are still using Toilet paper stockpiled during COVID

[Jo-say8k]

I felt ashamed when I heard someone tut and mutter "stockpiling" the other day in the supermarket.
It's not my fault I needed toilet paper and it's cheaper as a 16 pack!

Edit… I have a few days of long life food and essentials anyway because of power cuts during storms.

Edited by Jo-say8k on Sunday 1st November 17:40

[wombleh]

We tend to always have a stock of stuff in, plus few bottles of water, water filter, wood burner, etc. Have done it for years though, not just due to recent news. I wouldn't consider us preppers. Unhinged is relative, don't think I'd be upset if someone used that as an adjective to describe me though, probably accurate enough.

Edited by wombleh on Sunday 1st November 17:41

[Jasandjules]

No. But then I am fat enough to survive a good week without food.

[trickywoo]

If it hits the fan having 2 weeks or two months of backup isn’t doing much.

That said I keep 20l of fresh ish water in watering cans outside and first hint of the water going off I’m filling the bath tub.

I also have an air rifle and lots of squirrels.

[Getragdogleg]

I live in a rural location where several long powercuts during the winter are normal.

We can manage to cook and heat the house during these outages no bother. We have a back up generator for when the outages exceed a day or so, the last big one was 7 days. My generator runs the whole house like nothing was wrong.

We do have food and water, mostly because when the powercuts happen the unprepared panic buy or the payment systems fall over so its cash only. I hate the shops anyway even more so when they are full of people buying toilet roll and water.

We could do months if I started eating the neighbours sheep.

[AndyAudi]

GetCarter said:

We've done it for years but that's because we are about as remote as you can get (NW Scottish Highlands) and in winter we can get cut off from food deliveries and often power.

I was a scout as a kid and we were always told 'Be prepared'!

Nout' wrong with that.

This
It’s a bit like if it’s a busy week of self catering tourists there’s nothing left in the co-op as they empty the shelves

Think it was a year or so back there was a cyber attack on Co-op & it did affect availability of stuff greatly.

Noodles, pasta, rice are always in cupboard with tins of sauces & soups

We recently had power cuts in the storm & 1st time we’d to dig out candles for a while, one top tip, store candles, matches etc in an easily accessible jars, A jar & floating candle makes a relatively safe light

[Spare tyre]

Water yes, only because we were without about a year ago for nearly a week - just frustrating

Baked beans - my little one eats a couple of helpings a week, my mrs likes the Sainsbury s ones because they are half sized tins, low in sugar and salt (apparently hard to find)

We buy say 16 tins at a time as we don t shop at Sainsbury s

I went the other day to get some as we do and I got probably 48 ish

Admitted, it wouldn t be a great existence- but my kiddo wouldn t care and that s what I care about.

We have also a few extra tins of sweetcorn as they are just so cheap

My wife s Ev has a 3 pin socket in it, so in theory we could use that to cook with


When we were without water for that week, I was using water from
Our water butts to flush - which was good

Are there water purification tablets I could use to drink the water from the water butts?

Again seems daft but where we are the water often goes tits up

Edited by Spare tyre on Sunday 1st November 18:02

Edited by Spare tyre on Sunday 1st November 18:03

[texaxile]

We've always got loads, and I mean loads of Jasmine rice in (40kg at the moment) because the Mrs and her mates eat it all the time, as in every single meal. Same goes for mama noodles, 3 boxes of 48 currently sitting on top of my classic car in the garage.
Soy sauce, oyster sauce and other Asian condiments are normally doubled up, just because it's a pain when you run out and have to drive into the middle of town to the Asian store.

Regarding the stockpiling, I've started to buy a pack of ibuprofen / paracetamol / aspirin each trip I make to the local tesco, only the cheap, simple meds though. We've probably got a good couple of weeks of food in the freezer, but if the leccy goes then that's us stuffed.

Now this will damn me for eternity: I have purchased an extra jar of "mellow birds" in case the worst happens.

[_Rodders_]

Berlin Mike said:

You don't need to be a prepper. You only need to know where the preppers live.

That was always my thoughts too.

If it got that bad all you'd need is the key to the gun safe.

I commented on one of the US preppers YouTube channels what would happen if someone came and blocked up your air intake to your underground bunker you've locked yourself in.

"Why would you do that"

[Smollet]

I have some cheese and 50 bottles of wine. I’ll be ok

[Randy Winkman]

I think it's a good idea to try to nudge people into doing a bit of this when it's not urgent rather than just let everyone do it when it is. Covid showed us that. I keep it pretty low key with some bottled water, bog rolls, toothpaste, and 2 torches with spare batteries. Plus I just make sure there's always at least some food in the larder that doesn't need cooking. I'll just take a chance on what happens if there's a major crisis.

[GAjon]

Sorted, these will probably keep for a couple of hundred years before there’s any difference in the taste.

[OIC]

Getragdogleg said:

I live in a rural location where several long powercuts during the winter are normal.

We can manage to cook and heat the house during these outages no bother. We have a back up generator for when the outages exceed a day or so, the last big one was 7 days. My generator runs the whole house like nothing was wrong.

We do have food and water, mostly because when the powercuts happen the unprepared panic buy or the payment systems fall over so its cash only. I hate the shops anyway even more so when they are full of people buying toilet roll and water.

We could do months if I started eating the neighbours sheep.

Hmm, so which bit of Cornwall would you happen to be in?

Asking for a friend.

[Jo-say8k]

I might bulk buy a load of fags and alcohol to sell at a highly inflated price to the desperates