| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... 15:27 - Oct 23 with 5251 views | giant_stow |
they've been getting louder and louder to the point where even the PM is making them. They couldn't really be any clearer - something is coming. Any guesses? mine is ai-enabled terrorism |  |
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| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 16:42 - Oct 25 with 346 views | WeWereZombies |
I've been quiet today, power back on about half an hour ago after a fifteen hours or so outage. I think I did OK, had a pee by the light of a mobile phone screen at four thirty (why didn't I just sit down ? Because I'm a bloke that's why.) Two cups of coffee on a gas cannister ring and by then the Rayburn was on the go keeping me warm plus a third cup on the hotplate as well as lunch of pork belly slice with rice and carrot with a sprinkling of sumac powder although the rice was not the softest it has to be said. Mobile battery got down to 4% so caught the time to set up a battery powered alarm clock and then switched it off (it's back on and charging now.) Candles at the ready but looks like I won't need them, so not really a difficult day and I've read a bit more of my current book on the go ('Bothy' by Kat Hill) than expected. |  |
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| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 17:36 - Oct 25 with 275 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 16:42 - Oct 25 by WeWereZombies |
I've been quiet today, power back on about half an hour ago after a fifteen hours or so outage. I think I did OK, had a pee by the light of a mobile phone screen at four thirty (why didn't I just sit down ? Because I'm a bloke that's why.) Two cups of coffee on a gas cannister ring and by then the Rayburn was on the go keeping me warm plus a third cup on the hotplate as well as lunch of pork belly slice with rice and carrot with a sprinkling of sumac powder although the rice was not the softest it has to be said. Mobile battery got down to 4% so caught the time to set up a battery powered alarm clock and then switched it off (it's back on and charging now.) Candles at the ready but looks like I won't need them, so not really a difficult day and I've read a bit more of my current book on the go ('Bothy' by Kat Hill) than expected. |
Doing without the internet has been difficult. I miss being able to go on twtd. How much longer this can last I don't know. |  |
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| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 18:07 - Oct 25 with 231 views | Freddies_Ears |
| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 10:49 - Oct 25 by Ryorry |
That's why I keep some dry/longlife foods, water, wind-up radio/torch, solar light, spare clothes & camping gear in my car! (parked about 5m away from house).
Some of us boomers and countryside dwellers whose infancy was during rationing; and childhood when there were few phones (landlines of course) have long been of a prep mindset, in the sense of keeping contacts stored in hard copy like a physical address book; a small amount of £cash/notes, & 3 weeks worth of food in freezers & cupboards, |
I have always kept at least 7 days of food, being old enough to remember big freezes and shops running low on supplies. But I have now brought in bottled water for 3 days' drinking supply and have filled a 10ltr camping jerry can for washing etc, in the possible event of cyber attack on the water supply.
Losing both electricity & gas would be a pain, but I'd get by for a few days. |  | | |
| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 18:13 - Oct 25 with 216 views | Ryorry |
| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 16:42 - Oct 25 by WeWereZombies |
I've been quiet today, power back on about half an hour ago after a fifteen hours or so outage. I think I did OK, had a pee by the light of a mobile phone screen at four thirty (why didn't I just sit down ? Because I'm a bloke that's why.) Two cups of coffee on a gas cannister ring and by then the Rayburn was on the go keeping me warm plus a third cup on the hotplate as well as lunch of pork belly slice with rice and carrot with a sprinkling of sumac powder although the rice was not the softest it has to be said. Mobile battery got down to 4% so caught the time to set up a battery powered alarm clock and then switched it off (it's back on and charging now.) Candles at the ready but looks like I won't need them, so not really a difficult day and I've read a bit more of my current book on the go ('Bothy' by Kat Hill) than expected. |
I always imagined you had a wood burning stove out there in the sticks.
The ones with flat tops allow an old-fashioned kettle or pan to be used for hot drinks and basic cooking, very handy.
There’s a whole range of solar hanging or handheld lightbulbs available these days too, not just for emergencies but also useful for dark corners or cupboards. |  |
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| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 18:21 - Oct 25 with 192 views | Ryorry |
| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 01:46 - Oct 25 by Coastalblue |
My old man used to do the exact same out the front of his every couple of years to prevent both his front garden and the road from being flooded.
Got a right rollocking off a highways agency bloke one year while doing it, and then proceeded to give him the benefit of his lived wisdom back and was eventually 'let off' |
Unbelievable Geoff - good to hear your old man gave that HA jobsworth prat some choice words back! | |
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| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 18:48 - Oct 25 with 143 views | ronnyd |
| These warnings to stock up in case of emergencies... on 10:49 - Oct 25 by Ryorry |
That's why I keep some dry/longlife foods, water, wind-up radio/torch, solar light, spare clothes & camping gear in my car! (parked about 5m away from house).
Some of us boomers and countryside dwellers whose infancy was during rationing; and childhood when there were few phones (landlines of course) have long been of a prep mindset, in the sense of keeping contacts stored in hard copy like a physical address book; a small amount of £cash/notes, & 3 weeks worth of food in freezers & cupboards, |
I remember when i was a kid in the early 1950's, and my grandad had a sign in his garden,saying "You may telephone from here". He was one of the few people in the village of Kedington to have a phone. | | | |
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