Government launches 'preppers' website

[Rroff]

I don't think this is a coincidence...

Possibly related to the active sun spots (AR3664) revolving back around to us sometime around mid June, but last I saw they'd downgraded the potential solar storms from it a bit - even so an edge case for widespread disruption.

EDIT: On the Russia, China, nukes topic though - Putin's recent visit to China was interesting - definitely about being on the same page as China for the next stage(s) of the war IMO including the potential use of non-conventional weapons.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Thanks for reminding me I "need" some more water purification tablets. Cheap insurance in case I need to raid the garden water butts if China hacks the local pumping station... or, more likely, there's a burst and I have to queue for four hours to get a few bottles of water.

As for prepping... I haven't used all my covid supplies yet! I have rotated them though.

 

[throwaway4372]

Pretty good website, ofc the minute they advertise it everywhere will sell out of the stuff on the list. I got most of it when the Ukraine war started just in case. I generally don't store much food, and no water, so I'd have to rush to get that when needed. I remember seeing something about building a scuffed nuclear shelter inside your house, but it wouldn't protect you from radiation so it's basically about protecting your dead body, or others from it.

 

[Mint8]

Can only be a matter of time before they announce the reforming of the Home Guard....

 

[Nasher]

Can only be a matter of time before they announce the reforming of the Home Guard....

Need it just to police London these days

 

[Minusorange]

I don't think I can be bothered going through all that hassle of trying to survive the apocalypse

 

[arknor]

or open a huge amount of large allotments for people to grow their own food and remove the need to have planning permission for polytunnels

oh no wait, that would actually make sense so that will never happen in the UK

they actively try to block you from doing anything here

They closed the local allotment nearest to where I live

They said the site had became an eyesore, so they were going to clear it then open the site back up as allotments...

it's now a grass field.

Most allotments have multiple year long waiting lists, costs the council almost nothing to designate a field as one...

 

[Uther]

I'd love to know where they think we are all going to store ten litres of bottled water per person per day.

In one of the rooms in the servants quarters silly.

 

[StriderX]

If we ever have to 'prep' to save the state the bother of doing it's job then the state has almost certainly ceases to exist and the only law of the land will be who is willing to take what they want.

 

[Diddums]

This reads more like people don’t know how to adult these days rather than a WW3 thing.

As someone who's becoming more and more of an old man, I find great amusement in watching the new generation fail at achieving such simple tasks that we've been doing for hundreds or even thousands of years.



Good for business tho.

 

[arknor]

As someone who's becoming more and more of an old man, I find great amusement in watching the new generation fail at achieving such simple tasks that we've been doing for hundreds or even thousands of years.



Good for business tho.

most people under 30 would think clothes are disposable if washing machines suddenly stopped working.
to simple to realise you could wash them by hand.


How did man ever invent fire, without another person telling them?

 

[Diddums]

most people under 30 would think clothes are disposable if washing machines suddenly stopped working.
to simple to realise you could wash them by hand.

I had one recently - "what time can we access the area?"

"08:00, no sooner"

"Is that am or pm?"


Suffice to say we all got a nice chuckle out of it.

 

[adidan]

We had to have one in NZ for earthquakes.

Not sure why Id need to stock up on baby supplies and what size batteries exactly?

Project fear is a go it seems, try and scare some votes their way.

 

[dlockers]

Isn't there some nutter on here who has bags buried all over the place?

 

[arknor]

t size batteries exactly

what even takes batteries, is a cb radio or whatever on the list?

 

[adidan]

what even takes batteries, is a cb radio or whatever on the list?

Good question. I only use them in my remotes, I think. The ones that don't have solar charging anyway.

Oh and my VR controllers.

Don't get the impression I'll be watching TV or playing VR if I need food and water.

 

[Diddums]

Can we start prepping for the next dumpster fire government?

 

[Raggs]

Don't forget to watch Threads to get you in the mood whilst prepping.

Good shout and this

 

[Trig]

If the end of the world comes, who wants to survive, and tbh, who actually could survive outside these days, who wants to live in that fallout, nah, screw that, I'll go out in the first wave thanks..

 

[uber soldat]

When it all goes to hell in a handcart, it will be who has the most ammo that survives, not food stocks.