UK Prepared - Is it a good idea to promote preparedness in the UK? 

Very Well put, personal responsibility isn't going to be popular with the masses.

Self sufficiency is a sign of maturity. There's no point in waiting for the cavalry to come to your rescue. YOU are the cavalry. Just found your channel and like your style.

Well said Alan. Bravo.👏💯

Good talk matey. I've been prepping now for many years. I know that we have all the vitals and spares to keep us going for 3 months minimum. Lots of tinned food, losts of dry food etc. and rations of water etc. So if SHTF time came along we would be ready. We have have rucksacks fitted with losts of gear just in case. I am now just finishing my home made Webbing gear and harness because the military grade ones are sh1t expensive so i bought webbing and made my own. We both believe that the majority of the ppl would not cope in a SHTF situation, resorting to killing and stealing and much more. I have military experience from when i was in service so that helps us out and i try to keep up to date with self refresher tips etc. So if it all went south we are prepared to stay inside and or get out and drive so far and then hike the rest. It is always better to have and not need it then to not have and need it. If you know what i mean. We just do not know what will happen in a year, 2, 5, or 10 or longer but if it happens we will be okej. Even down to power cuts etc the basics it is always best to be prepared in the event of . Thanx for the Talk matey (Y) Be safe.

Hi mate, people need to remember what happened in the first few days of lockdown, the shelves in alot of places emptied overight whith people panic buying. Having a good stock of tinned food that can be eaten cold if no method of heating is available, will keep you going . A clean supply of water will be your main problem, as we need at least 3ltres a day to keep healthy, that doesn't include cooking dry goods, or trying to keep clean. Having 3days food and water in stock , and that's each persons supplies, is better than nothing if there's a break in the supply chain, but it doesn't take much imagination to realise what happens when that's gone if resupply is held up, makes you think don't it. Thanks for the video, stay safe mate, best wishe's to all, Stuart Uk.

Hi, I’m glad government has raised this issue. It might wake up a few people to think it might be a good idea to be prepared, instead of making people like me feel nuts. I prepped a bag when my babies were born, I prep a bag now I’m disabled, so what’s the difference to putting some food and water to one side just in case. My mum had a pantry under the stairs, most have now been filled in. I no longer have a pantry as there’s no room, but I sure do miss it. I can’t always get to the shop, so I stock up just in case. If I have to move to a hotel because a gas pipe has been damaged (like last Christmas when the sewage pipe in the street broke). I have a bag put aside just in case. Paramedics took me to A& E a few weeks ago I had a bag ready. So what’s the harm in adding a few items each week if you can. We only have to look at local disasters rather than globally and we see, flooding, and more recently a breakdown in the water industry in the south whose to say it can’t happen elsewhere in the country.

A child growing up in the 50s in a rural area. Many things were in short supply so it was normal to build up a store cupboard for difficult times. Ability to cook was normal. I have carried on that tradition most of my life and, providing limited power cuts for the freezer, with canned and dried goods could probably live fairly comfortably for 4 to 6 months. Nowadays I would probably be called a 'prepper'. It surprises me how many in my area mainly live on delivered takeaways and probably have little food in the house.

Another good video, Alan! Personally I think this is a good thing. Sadly, "prepping" (I'm not a fan of this word) has got a bad name to it, mainly because of a lot of crazy accounts out there are encouraging people to base everything on zombie apocalypse/conspiracy theories. This puts many average, reasonably minded off the idea of it as it's become associated with tin foil hat wearers. The reality of it (and this is why I'm grateful for accounts such as yours, Alan, and the government making it more accessible and mainstream) is that it's about building individual and community resilience. If we all aim to be better prepared, we empower ourselves and create the opportunity to support our friends, family and neighbours in more difficult times. A collective notion of preparedness helps us all. An example of this is that I live in an apartment building where the whole power system failed recently. The communal lighting, backup lighting and other systems were out of action. I was able to help my neighbours by placing glow sticks at key locations (stairwell entrances etc) until it was resolved the following day. If we all bring together a small increase in how well prepared we are to mitigate things kinds of things, that's an incredibly powerful tool for us all, as well as reducing the burden on already overstretched emergency services.

In the US we have such diverse and horrible weather; tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, drought, devastating wild fires, extremes of heat and cold temperatures, etc. Many people here tend to have extra flashlights (torches), extra batteries, a non-electric way to cook such as charcoal grills or propane camper stoves, and about 2 weeks of food in their kitchens somewhere.. During the pandemic our extra food kept my husband and I alive while we were both so ill. Eat your extra food regularly and replace it so that it will be fresh if a disaster should occur. Having some extra dry pasta, dry rice, canned soups and canned meats, potatoes and containers of water on hand will easily get us through 2 weeks if necessary. Having only 3 days of extra food is fine if you are sure that your government will rush in and provide for you after your 3 day food supply is depleted.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail 👍

The general public as a whole would rather play the blame game than take responsibility for their own lives. It takes less effort on their part to point a finger and say "it's their fault not mine" than it does to stock up on a few vital bits and pieces to see them through a 3 week (or better still a 3 month) crisis. When I started prepping over 10 years ago, friends and family thought I was crazy. But since 2020 a lot of them are now on board with being as prepared as we can be. All the best from New Zealand.

I agree that personal responsibility is the only realistic way forward - for some people, that can be very limited - someone with a broken leg, or with real flu (not man flu) is going to be at a disadvantage. And there are chronic illnesses as well that are just as debilitating. Age comes to us all, as well. But those caveats aside, everybody can do something. Even people who have nothing at all: for instance, there's a lot of plastic bottles thrown away, all over the place. There are still some free public toilets around - libraries, town halls, even shops still - which have liquid soap. Wash it out thoroughly there, and fill with water. Do that half a dozen times and you've got an absolutely free cushion of water against a problem with the water supply, which could be the difference between getting sick from a water-borne disease and ... not. Learning skills - free computers in libraries to watch youtube, as well as actual books. I grant you, that needs time, but swapping baby sitting duties will give you that, as well as a friend.

Alan, its not just many UK citizens who are complacent. Same here in America. I'll relate just one story from 2021 Hurricane Ida. A wo.an who was a New Orleans resident for at least several years called the local radio station that was a designated On-the-Air emergency station... and she was actually crying that she didn't have ANYTHING to drink. Not even water. She knew the hurricane was coming and didn't have a single bottle or container of drinking water. Someone brought her some. She had her phone but nothing else. Power was out for 5-8 days depending on where you were. And when the government DID show up, it wasn't with much. I know I shouldn't laugh, but I find it humorous when the authorities tell you over the radio to boil your water before drinking it and there's no electricity to run the stove... people like you and I dont need electricity. But the rest...? ATB mate !

This is a good opportunity to suggest to friends & relatives to stock up a bit & get useful stuff like a torch & batteries etc. Hopefully they will get the prepping bug & think longer term than three days.

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