Bleaney
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Ever since this type of video starting appearing in my algorithm, I've found my favourite guy on the subject.
I dunno why, but the subject just has some kind of weird fascination for me.
No one I know of ever predicted that anything like the Covid lockdown could happen, (although governments almost certainly did) so who knows what might happen in the future? There could be a terrorist attack, or war, earthquake, severe floods or hurricanes, or mass civil unrest, anything like that could disrupt power and water supplies. And we've all seen the awful spectacle of panic buying during Covid. So I'm just getting a few basic staples in to avoid having to be part of that. I'll use most of the items anyway, and I think it's just a matter of knowing where to draw the line.
I've followed a few tips, I have 18 x 2litre bottles of still water, that will keep for 2 years. I'll just keep them in the fridge from next summer, and will have nice cool drinks on hot days, and can keep rotating and refreshing the stock. I also have loads of white rice stored well. It can keep for 30 years! I already had a mini camping stove and some gas cannisters from when I used to go camping. It may no longer be working, so I may buy a new one, or get a good second hand one off ebay.
I have lots of tins of tuna etc. I would just need a bit more in the way of tinned beans, not baked beans.
1 large candle. A head torch. Several lighters. A fully charged LED torch that I keep under my bed head, ever since a power cut in the middle of the night a few months ago.
Basically, I think the only thing I don't have, which might be a good idea, is either a battery powered, or a hand cranked, or solar powered radio, that can also charge USB devices like phones and mp3 players. It would broadcast information on the local availability of fresh water and food and news as to WTF is going on. Without going OTT I've already, more or less, got enough to keep me going for a week or more if the shit does hit the fan. And I'm not going to get any more obsessive than that.
A physical chess set might be good to help occupy my mind. Along with my acoustic guitar.
In my lifetime, as a child, I have experienced a complete blackout of power that lasted at least one evening and night. We lived in Wales. I cant remember exactly how long it lasted, but I do recall that we were reduced to candles, gas lanterns, and a gas camping stove to make a cooked hot dinner for at least one night. My parents were prepared. We were also literally snowed in one winter, and it took a few days for the several feet of snow to be cleared and for normal life to start resuming.
I think and hope that it's highly unlikely that any of the scenarios I've mentioned will actually happen, but just in case I'd much rather have just enough to tide me over for a week or so, and to not have to be part of any desperate panic buying in the event of the shit actually hitting the fan, and seeing all stores stripped bare of literally everything. Like what happened at times during the Covid lockdown.
I dunno why, but the subject just has some kind of weird fascination for me.
No one I know of ever predicted that anything like the Covid lockdown could happen, (although governments almost certainly did) so who knows what might happen in the future? There could be a terrorist attack, or war, earthquake, severe floods or hurricanes, or mass civil unrest, anything like that could disrupt power and water supplies. And we've all seen the awful spectacle of panic buying during Covid. So I'm just getting a few basic staples in to avoid having to be part of that. I'll use most of the items anyway, and I think it's just a matter of knowing where to draw the line.
I've followed a few tips, I have 18 x 2litre bottles of still water, that will keep for 2 years. I'll just keep them in the fridge from next summer, and will have nice cool drinks on hot days, and can keep rotating and refreshing the stock. I also have loads of white rice stored well. It can keep for 30 years! I already had a mini camping stove and some gas cannisters from when I used to go camping. It may no longer be working, so I may buy a new one, or get a good second hand one off ebay.
I have lots of tins of tuna etc. I would just need a bit more in the way of tinned beans, not baked beans.
1 large candle. A head torch. Several lighters. A fully charged LED torch that I keep under my bed head, ever since a power cut in the middle of the night a few months ago.
Basically, I think the only thing I don't have, which might be a good idea, is either a battery powered, or a hand cranked, or solar powered radio, that can also charge USB devices like phones and mp3 players. It would broadcast information on the local availability of fresh water and food and news as to WTF is going on. Without going OTT I've already, more or less, got enough to keep me going for a week or more if the shit does hit the fan. And I'm not going to get any more obsessive than that.
A physical chess set might be good to help occupy my mind. Along with my acoustic guitar.
In my lifetime, as a child, I have experienced a complete blackout of power that lasted at least one evening and night. We lived in Wales. I cant remember exactly how long it lasted, but I do recall that we were reduced to candles, gas lanterns, and a gas camping stove to make a cooked hot dinner for at least one night. My parents were prepared. We were also literally snowed in one winter, and it took a few days for the several feet of snow to be cleared and for normal life to start resuming.
I think and hope that it's highly unlikely that any of the scenarios I've mentioned will actually happen, but just in case I'd much rather have just enough to tide me over for a week or so, and to not have to be part of any desperate panic buying in the event of the shit actually hitting the fan, and seeing all stores stripped bare of literally everything. Like what happened at times during the Covid lockdown.
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