The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

MingVase

Very huge problems and I'd say most people either don't know or don't care - which is probably how it always was. But this will bumble on for a long time and we'll get very tired of govt blaming either Covid or Brussels.

euronorris

People will adjust, as they always do. Some will just find that adjustment harder than others.

I just wish more people would be a little more prepared for such possibilities. But even now there is a feeling of not needing to because it will all be alright in the end. I'm hoping that the last 16 months or so has taught some more people to at least have a small stock of essentials (if they are able). I know some people have, but I think it's very easy to be complacent and think that the worst is behind us. But as we all know, the pandemic was never the only threat on the horizon.

Have you all seen the small tornado in Barking last night? Quite a bit of property damage - roof tiles, brick walls, fences, windows etc.

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Humans in the developed world are used to having things available and accessible whenever they want them, shops open 24 hours a day for their needs, TV 24 hours a day for entertainment, food delivered to their homes 24 hours a day if they want it and produce and products from the whole globe in even the smallest of supermarkets 365 days a year so it's not longer seen as necessary by many folk to have any provision for the future in their homes, many people don't cook and possibly come from homes where parents didn't cook so rely on ready mades and takeaways and the thought that the ubiquitous 'they' will sort everything else out seems to be prevalent too. If something as widespread and disruptive as a worldwide pandemic hasn't made people 'think' and take a little responsibility for their own futures then I'm not sure what will!

Nargleblast

As euronorris says, people will adjust. Life is about a series of adjustments, adaptations, compromises. The latest thing to adapt to is the arrival of the Lambda variant of the virus in the U.K. I think so-called Freedom Day will come, restrictions will ease, but people will, if they have any sense, be aware of the risks of spreading infection and maybe alter their "normal" routines and ways of doing things. Life as we knew it in 2019 will not return. Things will be different now. They'll be okay, but different.

Floss

boazu said:

Humans in the developed world are used to having things available and accessible whenever they want them, shops open 24 hours a day for their needs, TV 24 hours a day for entertainment, food delivered to their homes 24 hours a day if they want it and produce and products from the whole globe in even the smallest of supermarkets 365 days a year so it's not longer seen as necessary by many folk to have any provision for the future in their homes, many people don't cook and possibly come from homes where parents didn't cook so rely on ready mades and takeaways and the thought that the ubiquitous 'they' will sort everything else out seems to be prevalent too. If something as widespread and disruptive as a worldwide pandemic hasn't made people 'think' and take a little responsibility for their own futures then I'm not sure what will!

I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement that some people might be rather offended by. Not everyone feels, behaves or thinks the way suggested in the media.

MingVase

I know people will adjust, there's no option - but it helps if we've got forums like this one to talk about what we're going to have to adjust to     -  I think that's bad grammar but what do you expect from a vase ?

greenbee

Nargleblast said:

As euronorris says, people will adjust. Life is about a series of adjustments, adaptations, compromises. The latest thing to adapt to is the arrival of the Lambda variant of the virus in the U.K. I think so-called Freedom Day will come, restrictions will ease, but people will, if they have any sense, be aware of the risks of spreading infection and maybe alter their "normal" routines and ways of doing things. Life as we knew it in 2019 will not return. Things will be different now. They'll be okay, but different.

Israel, which has good vaccination rates, has just reimposed an indoor mask mandate. 

As you say, we’ll adjust. Some things may even be better than in 2019 (remote working is better for many people with disabilities and neurodiverse individuals, as an example; reduced travel has environmental benefits). 

Floss

MingVase said:

I know people will adjust, there's no option - but it helps if we've got forums like this one to talk about what we're going to have to adjust to     -  I think that's bad grammar but what do you expect from a vase ?

Maybe needs a comma in there, or even a full stop?

Nargleblast

The minority who are totally dependant on the workings of a 24 hour society will have to adapt to changes,  as will the majority. No point in worrying about, mocking or criticising people who live differently, best to focus on our own lives and live the best life we can.  It is possible to monitor what's reported in the media but retain a sense of perspective and not get sucked in to the hysteria and fooled by hype. That is where critical evaluation skills are useful skills to have.

VJsmum

I think it's useful for those of us who don't / can't have allotments, productive gardens etc to know what to get in.  I think it helps to be reminded every so often. As i've said before, i've no desire to produce my own food - actually that's wrong, i definitely have an aspiration but do not want to can't commit the time and patience to it (hats off to those who do). 

Therefore i am reliant on what is available (not necessarily wanting it 24 hours a day) and am constantly reassessing what to keep in for Justin. THing is, i do like the option of having different foods from abroad - not constantly but for variety. Be they ultra fresh (i.e. veg), merely fresh as in cheese etc or more shelf-stable stuff. 

I'm interested in others' preps and what they prep for - a brief shortage or a zombie apocalypse?  I'm definitely the former. The shortages during the early pandemic - loo rolls and flour mainly, wasn't it? - were very short lived. So has anyone any clues about what there is going to be a shortage of?