a personal comment on this stockpiling

Not everyone lives in a flood area. I don’t plus I’m two floors up. I’m sure ‘preppers’ will have taken this caution into account if they do live in an area vulnerable to flooding. Surely that’s just common sense? I imagine any pictures you’ll have seen won’t be in flood prone areas.

By sheer fluke of special offers and trying to find a better product, I have a stockpile of loo rolls. Not intended. But at least they will keep me going till the new year.

I do need a box of matches which actually work. I have 2 large boxes from a while back and they just won't strike. Not damp. And they werent cheap ones.

I have years and year’s worth of books. Guess I could keep warm and have light by setting fire to them .

I tried that once nanna8
A medium sized book that I didnt agree with, so didnt want others to read it either.
Gave about 5 mins of heat.
Had assumed it would give out a lot more heat than that.

One doesn't have to live in a 'flood area' to be flooded.
Last week a family I know were flooded. A burst water main was responsible. The family have lost irreplaceable items.
They are of course insured, but some things cannot be replaced by money.
Since this family's dreadful shock another water main has burst, this time lower down the road.

A news item featured a woman who had ‘stockpiled’, ‘prepped’, …whatever you want to call it.

She opened cupboard after cupboard filled with everything you could need. Packet after packet of rice, pasta, tinned stuff, camping stoves, battery chargers….

Plus various spices, herbs, flavourings, as she felt stuff would get ‘boring’ after a while.

And two huge empty containers which I assumed she planned to fill with tap water.

I felt most of it would be long out of date before she used it, but then dates don’t really matter in times of crisis.

But OTT.