‘Be Ready’ campaign - just in case

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  • Mr. Happy
    Mr. Happy Posts: 693
    Ross said:
    Hex said:
    Hex said:
    Make that 4 times !


    The culprit !!  There's a man up the power pole at the back of my garden.  
    Russian?
    Nah, taking his time by the sound of it.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,329
    The dangers of not sending out warnings were talked about on BBC Breakfast this morning. Nine British people lost their lives in the wildfires in Spain this summer, had they received sufficient warning they may well be alive now. 

    Ignoring official advice is as stupid as not sending out warnings that are designed to protect people. 


  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,577
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,329
    edited November 6
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,754
    Would Charlton scoring at home be considered an unexpected attack?
     

  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 14,777
    usetobunkin said:
    Would Charlton scoring at home be considered an unexpected attack?
     

    Yeah a heart attack
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 14,777
    ME14addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
    Do you have a winter stash too ? shoveI, petrol/diesal generator ? I know its good to be prepared, but where does it end ? If something really does go wrong, 3 days is barely enough supplies to realise we are in the shit. 
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,329
    shine166 said:
    ME14addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
    Do you have a winter stash too ? shoveI, petrol/diesal generator ? I know its good to be prepared, but where does it end ? If something really does go wrong, 3 days is barely enough supplies to realise we are in the shit. 
    I agree 3 days food isn't sufficient if the very worst happens, but I think that the warning is designed to make people realise just how many threats there are, not just the nuclear threat. A lot of people are in denial about so many of those threats.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,865
    I've been stockpiling bottled water, tinned food and ammunition for months. I haven't even got a gun.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 6,499
    ME14addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
    For that aspect we have no control. But, on the other side, it's also a beautiful world. So deal with what you can control. Buy a few tins, store some bottled water and while we wait for what may or may not happen seek out the beautiful side and add to it by being compassionate and injecting some kindness into the world wherever you go.


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  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 2,019
    edited November 6
    Ross said:
    Hex said:
    Hex said:
    Make that 4 times !


    The culprit !!  There's a man up the power pole at the back of my garden.  
    Russian?
    No, he was taking his time !  Time goes slowly when you are sitting in the dark. 
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 2,019
    shine166 said:
    ME14addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
    Do you have a winter stash too ? shoveI, petrol/diesal generator ? I know its good to be prepared, but where does it end ? If something really does go wrong, 3 days is barely enough supplies to realise we are in the shit. 
    So you know what the government are doing wrong but what would you do ?
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,892
    edited November 6
    shine166 said:
    ME14addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
    Do you have a winter stash too ? shoveI, petrol/diesal generator ? I know its good to be prepared, but where does it end ? If something really does go wrong, 3 days is barely enough supplies to realise we are in the shit. 
    Once again - if things have gone tits up badly enough that you're out of food and water within three days, you're fucked and so is everybody else. Humanity is 9 meals away from societal collapse. That's why the 'three days' figure is chosen - it's not arbitrary. Anything lasting longer than three days means the government haven't been able to set up food/water distribution points within that time. You're basically talking about either a co-ordinated infrastructure attack taking out our entire electricity/gas/water supply, a natural disaster like a tsunami wiping out the east coast of the country (something like the cumbre vieja in the Canaries collapsing into the sea) or a nuclear attack.

    Just take the eminently sensible advice about three days and don't think about anything beyond that. 
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,329
    Arsenetatters said:
    ME14addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    That’s not comparable.  The weather was extremely hot and the warnings would have been for wildfires.
    This warning is ’get ready, we think something bad is going to happen but we don’t know what  / we’re not going to tell you what’. We aren’t even able to appropriately delete the last part of that sentence.

    I’m just buying bottles of water because we do know that reservoirs are emptying fast in this never-ending drought.
    The warning is to be ready for any event that might disrupt normal daily life, it could be extreme weather, disruptions to supply chains, cyber attacks, drone/missile attacks, infrastructure attacks, mis/disinformation and pandemics. It's a turbulent dangerous world.
    For that aspect we have no control. But, on the other side, it's also a beautiful world. So deal with what you can control. Buy a few tins, store some bottled water and while we wait for what may or may not happen seek out the beautiful side and add to it by being compassionate and injecting some kindness into the world wherever you go.

    Your last sentence is so right, if only everyone thought that way. Unfortunately too many try to create hatred and division. 

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