New from Berkshire
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:19 am
Hello all,
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you all.
I live in Berkshire on the edge of the suburbs of an affluent market town. I have had quite a passive interest in preparedness for the past few years, dipping in and out Of active prepping.
My main motivation is mainly to have some kind of emergency plan for when certain things in society go wrong. I believe certain aspects of our societies infrastructure are susceptible to infiltration, damage from negligence or malice or are vulnerable to cyber attacks. For example the National Grid, emergency services Airwave equipment, mobile phone masts/networks, fuel supply, water supply, supermarket supply chain. The list goes on. In addition, our councils seemingly inability to manage effectively extreme weather is also concerning. Lastly, our emergency services and hospital trusts are constantly reporting reduced budgets, lack of resources and equipment. We these points considered I strongly believe if one aspect of our societies infrastructure was effected the emergency services and councils would struggle. All of these points I have mentioned makes me nervous and that is why I have formed an interest in Preparedness. I think the British Keep Calm and Carry On mentality would last two to three days. This is what I am preparing for. And I do believe it could happen in my lifetime.
So now you know the reasons behind my prepping journey I will tell you a little about myself. I don’t want to give too much away though as I am naturally suspicious and security conscious.
I have a young family. I have a dog. I work as a train driver so my work takes me into London and also into the countryside. Although I am never massively far from civilisation I can be up to fifty/sixty miles from my home. I have a keen interest in health and fitness, however this has taken a knock for the past few months with a new addition to the family.
In terms of my current Preparedness Level I would consider myself a novice. I suspect I would fair better than majority of some of my neighbours. (But you never know who is a preppier due to the nature of it)In my home I have a storeroom. It certainly is not packed to the rafters but it has a few things that would be of benefit. I will hopefully discuss this in another post. I have a small garden, probably sixty foot by thirty. I have a hen enclosure with a few laying hens.
Hopefully I can bring something to this group and also learn from you all.
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you all.
I live in Berkshire on the edge of the suburbs of an affluent market town. I have had quite a passive interest in preparedness for the past few years, dipping in and out Of active prepping.
My main motivation is mainly to have some kind of emergency plan for when certain things in society go wrong. I believe certain aspects of our societies infrastructure are susceptible to infiltration, damage from negligence or malice or are vulnerable to cyber attacks. For example the National Grid, emergency services Airwave equipment, mobile phone masts/networks, fuel supply, water supply, supermarket supply chain. The list goes on. In addition, our councils seemingly inability to manage effectively extreme weather is also concerning. Lastly, our emergency services and hospital trusts are constantly reporting reduced budgets, lack of resources and equipment. We these points considered I strongly believe if one aspect of our societies infrastructure was effected the emergency services and councils would struggle. All of these points I have mentioned makes me nervous and that is why I have formed an interest in Preparedness. I think the British Keep Calm and Carry On mentality would last two to three days. This is what I am preparing for. And I do believe it could happen in my lifetime.
So now you know the reasons behind my prepping journey I will tell you a little about myself. I don’t want to give too much away though as I am naturally suspicious and security conscious.
I have a young family. I have a dog. I work as a train driver so my work takes me into London and also into the countryside. Although I am never massively far from civilisation I can be up to fifty/sixty miles from my home. I have a keen interest in health and fitness, however this has taken a knock for the past few months with a new addition to the family.
In terms of my current Preparedness Level I would consider myself a novice. I suspect I would fair better than majority of some of my neighbours. (But you never know who is a preppier due to the nature of it)In my home I have a storeroom. It certainly is not packed to the rafters but it has a few things that would be of benefit. I will hopefully discuss this in another post. I have a small garden, probably sixty foot by thirty. I have a hen enclosure with a few laying hens.
Hopefully I can bring something to this group and also learn from you all.