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[Deeps]

Only managed to see half of your post when I replied andy . Your quite right on a few points there and thank you for raising the less "doomsdayer" points of a bob . Luckily the wife is a terrible cook and the smoke alarms are tested daily around the 5pm mark

Don't get too bent out of shape about Andy, he likes to 'play' sometimes but he's absolutely right. You need to figure out what YOU are prepping for, its not all the batshit crazy stuff that you need to think about, its the loss of essential supplies, the house catching fire, even if its the neighbours (cue Jansman) or job loss that mean you need to fall back on your preps. Whatever your 'problems' are, the basics will be the same, water, food, shelter being the starting point. When it comes down to the whole bugging in/bugging out stuff, you might not have a choice, OR it might be forced upon you so don't be too rigid in your approach.....assuming it even happens. I've no idea of your background, situation or mindset so its hard to offer concrete advice but have a think about what works for YOU. While its not very sexy having all your important doc's copied to a hard drive or two is a huge, huge prep. Not just for the mundane stuff, if you're preferred scenario is a proper SHTF zombie apocalypse thang, if there is any law and order having all that stuff to hand would show that you're 'honest', assuming they have a means to review it. I'm going waayyyyy off piste, find your own prepping feet and enjoy the process, we're all here because we enjoy it.

[Karlj21]

Cheers deeps . I think for me it's a case of just being prepared for my family regardless of the reasons for needing to be ready and hope it never comes to pass . I keep a months worth of food in the house as it is (mix of dried, canned and frozen) I have been getting g together a small shtf bag over the last month or so along with an edc . Thabks for the replies everyone I'll get Reading through the the rest of the posts on here now and see what takes my fancy

[Yorkshire Andy]

Ohh I like to play


You prepare for the day to day "boring" stuff your well on your way to prepare for big stuff




Burst watermain in your street....

Flooding and no drinking water combined....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38206811




Or you manage to cut yourself badly with the kitchen knife... You got the kit to hand to stop the blood squirting up the walls and ruining the wall paper?

Bit of first aid knowledge comes in handy in many situations be it kids falling over grazing their knee in the park.. To someone been scalped by a flying roof tile in high winds... To a family member having a heart attack over Sunday dinner down the local carvery.....

Do you know where yiur local AED (defibrillator's) are located? Any idea how to get them or use them? )

[Deeps]

Cheers deeps . I think for me it's a case of just being prepared for my family regardless of the reasons for needing to be ready and hope it never comes to pass . I keep a months worth of food in the house as it is (mix of dried, canned and frozen) I have been getting g together a small shtf bag over the last month or so along with an edc . Thabks for the replies everyone I'll get Reading through the the rest of the posts on here now and see what takes my fancy

I went through the 'back catalogue' when I found the forum, wow. Some genuinely great info, some, not so much but that's life. Take your time, if you've already started then you're already ahead of most, its the amount of tweaking you'll do (or at least consider doing as you read the assorted ramblings).

[Deeps]

Ohh I like to play


You prepare for the day to day "boring" stuff your well on your way to prepare for big stuff




Burst watermain in your street....

Flooding and no drinking water combined....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38206811

You know what I mean.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Ohh I like to play


You prepare for the day to day "boring" stuff your well on your way to prepare for big stuff




Burst watermain in your street....

Flooding and no drinking water combined....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38206811

You know what I mean.

Oh yes
I learned from the best


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbAUtC-O5w

[Plymtom]

I went through the 'back catalogue' when I found the forum, wow. Some genuinely great info, some, not so much but that's life. Take your time, if you've already started then you're already ahead of most, its the amount of tweaking you'll do (or at least consider doing as you read the assorted ramblings).

I'd recommend that approach to anyone, it gets more long winded all the time though but the thing is you can refresh a thread from years back, I find some now that resurface in which my opinions have changed and say so, it is also better for the oldies because some things come up so frequently that they don't get the attention they deserve for a newbie because we've all been there before and answered it in depth, some of us refer to old threads not just to avoid typing it all again, but because if it's been done and well then it really is worth checking out

[Deeps]

Ohh I like to play


You prepare for the day to day "boring" stuff your well on your way to prepare for big stuff




Burst watermain in your street....

Flooding and no drinking water combined....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38206811

You know what I mean.

Oh yes
I learned from the best


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbAUtC-O5w

Never got into it, I couldn't see past Rimmer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgBNM2nT00k

[whenfires]

Andy also forgot to mention that we all need enough torches to shame the sun into submission. If you're not using 20,000 lumens to read your book you need more torches

[Deeps]

Andy also forgot to mention that we all need enough torches to shame the sun into submission. If you're not using 20,000 lumens to read your book you need more torches

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