So I’m brand new to this site, I’m probably not new to prepping as I’ve been doing it for years without realising!
I’ve now got an urge to improve my preparedness, and definitely storage!
So I will probably be looking for storage ideas at first!
Cheers
GreyMan123
World wise - probably the constant feeling of insecurity of covid and the divide of the people..
How a lot of people reacted (panic buying at the last minute, causing fighting to gather essential items for their family’s)
On a personal local level, job insecurity would have to be my number one reason to prep.
Welcome, GreyMan! Obviously, during the pandemic, cash became less useful, but it can still be essential - emergency taxi fares, emergency food, that sort of thing. I used lots of pound coins at car parks recently. Lots have gone over to using apps, but pound coins are still around on some.
As for stocking up, whether it's because of local panic buying or your own job insecurity, stocking up really helps - as long as you know what you've got, and where it is. As your very first post here says, storage ideas rule!
I found it helpful to think of what comes into the household everyday and what would happen if it was not available.
Electricity, Water, Internet, Gas, Phone are obvious.
Then there is money/wages, medical services/prescriptions, access to supermarkets, GPS, banking services, mobile reception etc.
And the out going - rubbish, waste water, sewage etc.
Some cash is useful. If the electric is out, so is the internet and mobile may be down too at which point no one will be able to accept a phone wallet app or contactless. BUt smaller shops will almost certainly try to run using hurricane lamps and cash.....
GillyBee wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:38 pm
Welcome Greyman
I found it helpful to think of what comes into the household everyday and what would happen if it was not available.
Electricity, Water, Internet, Gas, Phone are obvious.
Then there is money/wages, medical services/prescriptions, access to supermarkets, GPS, banking services, mobile reception etc.
And the out going - rubbish, waste water, sewage etc.
Some cash is useful. If the electric is out, so is the internet and mobile may be down too at which point no one will be able to accept a phone wallet app or contactless. BUt smaller shops will almost certainly try to run using hurricane lamps and cash.....
