THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

mardatha

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43182523

ivyleaf

mardatha wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43182523

Oh joy. Not.

But that picture of the police car in the snow reminded me of the snow at the sides of the roads in 1963, when i was young enough to enjoy it

Princess_kate

How is everyone prepping for the snow forecast?

I've done a bit of a bigger shop, bought an extra filtered milk which will last in the fridge. I've got a few bits together to put in the car just incase, moved the shovel out of the shed, lagged the outside tap.

Anything obvious I'm missing or anything you always do?
Any tips for newbie preppers?

THIRZAH

I went to the supermarket on the way back from Church this morning instead of going tomorrow. The milk section looked as if was getting a bit low but that could have been due to slow restocking (they've stopped restocking at night and now restock in the morning) rather than people panic buying. The supermarket didn't seem busier than usual.

We have rugs etc and a folding snow shovel in the car. If it does snow heavily DH can get the train or work from home most days.

Both freezers are full and we have plenty of tins, pasta etc.

ivyleaf

We arrived at the baker's yesterday at around the usual time, and they had very few loaves left. The owner said lots of people had been buying extra to put in the freezer!

I didn't buy an extra loaf, but did buy some bread flour and yeast.

mardatha

Latest models are showing the snow hitting eastern England first, I dono what places are on it but it's the sticky-outy bit that juts out in the North Sea, snow due there tomorrow. If I had a map and a pointy stick that would be a lot clearer :rotfl:
My postcode now showing snow for 10 days starting Tues at 5am

Princess_kate

Hope you've got plenty of chocolate mardatha! I remember you being snowed in weeks in 2010!

I just went to Asda and got some tins of soup and the had big tubs of de-icer salt reduced to 75p, I picked up 3 to give one to my mum but might call back in tomorrow. Will keep even if we don't need it now but will save me using my dishwasher salt!

mardatha

I've come off choc as it upsets my heartburn. Am well stashed with Asda foam shrimps and bananas though...

thriftwizard

Sitting tight & not panicking here; it's only showing 3 days below zero here, with a vague possibility of snow on Wednesday & Thursday. For me, the main prep is to make sure Mum has enough food in, which she does, and even dried milk if I really can't get down there to do her weekly shop mid-week. That said, we discovered recently that my van is optimised for high mountains and extreme cold, when the little heater wrapped around the exhaust pipe (to keep the exhaust fumes from freezing high in the Japanese mountains) actually burnt a hole in it! Mended now, & heater disengaged. So a little British cold shouldn't disconcert it too much, but if it's blizzard-y I'll stay put & she can eat out of her wardrobe - which is where we keep the stash of tinned food, extra biscuits, dried milk, tea, coffee etc!

We have plenty in, between the freezer & the store cupboard, so I may not even have to venture up the road to the local supermarket. DD1 works some of the time in the bakery attached to the posh cafe in the town centre (all in easy walking distance) so she can bring some nice bread home.

The one prep I haven't completed yet is to bring the cockatiels into the main house. It can get very cold out in the conservatory, where they normally live, though it warms up as soon as the sun hits it in the morning. But if it's grey, that doesn't happen; I'd hate our jolly little chaps to come to harm from the cold, though being ogled by the resident moggies indoors is potentially a tad stressful for them too. They're not to know that said moggies are so traumatised by the chickens that they'd actually run a mile if we opened the cage door...

GreyQueen

We've had some snow showers, it is now clear but absolutely baltic, going to be a few degrees below zero tonight, who knows what we'll see tomorrow.

Folks, expect disruption to your refuse/ recycling collections. Bin lorries are big, unwieldy things and may have to be taken off to the roads if it's too icy. This isn't local government paranoia, it's just that residents tend to be a trifle upset if a truck slides into their parked car.........

Overheard a lady talking in a shop, apparently the supermarkets were being ravaged for groceries over the weekend as people stocked up.

I'm good for a seige, but did add a bar of chocolate, justin case.