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French Government Urges Every Citizen to Keep a Survival Pack at Home..

The British Government suggested the same not long ago. Do as they say, folks - keep a week's supply of bottled water and tinned food stashed away. They know what they're plotting but you don't..

Michael Brown ● 56d10 Comments

Or even the Ranis (a Rani and the Rani) ?

Richard Greenhough ● 28d

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bhxmI think this may work better!

Philippa Bond ● 28d

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006th08Hell and High Water:  Are We Ready for the Floods?

Philippa Bond ● 28d

No, I'd like to think I've made a few - at least basic -preparations and I'm possibly in a more continual process of preparing further.Difficult not to be quite sceptical, however - and it doesn't necessarily feel like a win-win scenario: either one is spending quite a lot of money on things one shall never particularly be in need of (decent electrical generators are not cheap), or at some point in the not-far-off future the nation is going to endure (another) crisis situation. Hopefully not as severe as Covid.

Charles Vessey ● 32d

"Trust in God and keep your powder dry" - attributed to Oliver Cromwell.

Sam Hearn ● 33d

I think the predicted-sometime-pandemic with its failures in risk assessment preparations should have taught us something if we weren't aware of it already.  We rely on so many things just working or just being available and itvtakes so very little for them to be disrupted."The purpose of this document is to ensure the resilience of populations in the face of all types of crisis, whether natural, technological, cyber or security-related.”Are you really suggesting that you have not even made any basic preparations for when there is an electricity cut when so many things rely on electricity nowadays?Just-in-time buying and cost cutting through lack of preparation for any crisis have not proved as efficient and such a saving as some thought they would!Whether it is a meteor or a cyber attack meaning your electronic cards don't allow you to buy food and medicine and the electrically pumped water doesn't just come out of the tap and the lights and TV and radio don't work to provide any info - it has to be sensible to have made some preparation!

Philippa Bond ● 33d

Interesting topic this. What questions do we ask?- is this a big-business ploy to boost the economy (rather in need of it) via sales of clockwork radios, gas masks, iodine pills, etc?- if it isn't, are we helping to avoid the controversy of the deals made during Covid by buying (hopefully) quite well ahead of any potential crisis?- if it isn't, do the people making preparations now have any likelihood of enjoying a last laugh over those who outright deride all conspiracy theorists? Could such a day ever arrive? Are people actually suggesting this is a conspiracy?- if ever found to be a ploy, would it be wise to comply anyway and contribute to boosting the economy (i.e. even if we feel as though we are being tricked into doing so) - could be part ploy, part tentative forewarning?Anybody know of the laws on rearing chickens? Asking for a friend.

Charles Vessey ● 34d

I wonder if it the pack contains a chapeau en aluminium.

Keith Iddon ● 56d

I have missed Michael's innane drivel.

Chris Blackwell ● 56d

And don't forget to keep a boat handy in case a tsunami comes up the Thames. This is why Mikhail McBean can be seen practising on the river.

Richard Greenhough ● 56d