Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence

Calahonda52

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37155060

" ..Citizens are advised to store enough food to last them 10 days, because initially a disaster might put national emergency services beyond reach.
Five days' water - two litres (half a gallon) per person daily - is advised...."

So what do we make of this: time to build the bunker as seen on Netflix?

SEPT 23 1989

Herr Merkel gave a speech standing on a warship yesterday

Finally a war that Germany can get on the "right" side of.

Third time lucky, I guess.

smash

Are they not jumping the gun a bit here?

ChikiChiki

A war that Merkel has invited to her country....

Winterlong

I missed breakfast. Could eat 10 days of food right now, no bother.

jester77

I am all prepared, just finished coating my basement in tin foil.

Shenshen

Maybe that wouldn't go amiss here, for the next time there's 1cm of snow on the roads?
You know it's coming, lads!

Jawgap

Calahonda52 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37155060

" ..Citizens are advised to store enough food to last them 10 days, because initially a disaster might put national emergency services beyond reach.
Five days' water - two litres (half a gallon) per person daily - is advised...."

So what do we make of this: time to build the bunker as seen on Netflix?

What about the iodine tablets?

Peregrine

Did you see that picture of the look-out tower in the article?

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/378A/production/_90881241_gerbunkergetty17oct14.jpg

That's a sad looking look-out tower. Look at it Looks like it's about to burst into tears.

Jawgap

Peregrine wrote: »

Did you see that picture of the look-out tower in the article?

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/378A/production/_90881241_gerbunkergetty17oct14.jpg

That's a sad looking look-out tower. Look at it Looks like it's about to burst into tears.

At least the ones we have in this country have decent riverside locations!!

https://vernacularconsequences.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/boyne-bunker-b.jpg

BoJack Horseman

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Herr Merkel gave a speech standing on a warship yesterday

Indeed

Our 3 leaders having a bit of a George-W-Bush-aircraft-carrier moment as they met to demand greater EU military conglomeration.

jester77

Peregrine wrote: »

Did you see that picture of the look-out tower in the article?

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/378A/production/_90881241_gerbunkergetty17oct14.jpg

That's a sad looking look-out tower. Look at it Looks like it's about to burst into tears.

Here's my local look-out tower

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

It's not bad practice. Anything from disease outbreak to bad weather can cause a shortage of food and water. Stuck in a spot of bad weather a good while back, about 7 days of snow you couldn't drive through. Living in a rural area, pipes froze outside so we had to rely on whatever water was in the tank. That doesn't last very long.

stmol32

ChikiChiki wrote: »

A war that Merkel has invited to her country....

Totally agree, Germany should never have gone into Schleswig-Holstein, just asking for trouble.

super_furry

I'm not saying it's mole people, but it's definitely mole people.

pumpkin4life

Multiculturalism is really good in that it teaches one to be more defensively minded/or have a big stash of Tesco canned fish in the house. That can always come in handy.

I support all of it, as I fear for my personal safety if I don't. Leftists are nice people though and it is completely necessary what they do because it would be awful to offend someone!

super_furry

pumpkin4life wrote: »

Multiculturalism is really good in that it teaches one to be more defensively minded/or have a big stash of Tesco canned fish in the house. That can always come in handy. !

Huh? Some black lads move to Ireland and so you surround yourself with tins off sardines?

SEPT 23 1989

they probably have intelligence that the use of dirty bombs is likely

jiltloop

super_furry wrote: »

Huh? Some black lads move to Ireland and so you surround yourself with tins off sardines?

Don't surround yourself with these, they smell awful!

pumpkin4life

super_furry wrote: »

Huh? Some black lads move to Ireland and so you surround yourself with tins off sardines?

I'm more of a mackerel fan myself.

For Forks Sake

pumpkin4life wrote: »

I'm more of a mackerel fan myself.

That's only a cod tbh.

donegaLroad

Gordon Brown's former adviser, Damian McBride made the exact same statement almost to the day 1 year ago, but it was in case of an impending stock market crash.

Stock up on canned food for stock market crash, warns former Gordon Brown adviser

Damian McBride said a coming economic crisis would be worse than the 2008 recession.

“Advice on the looming crash, No.1: get hard cash in a safe place now; don't assume banks & cashpoints will be open, or bank cards will work,” he tweeted.

“Crash advice No.2: do you have enough bottled water, tinned goods & other essentials at home to live a month indoors? If not, get shopping.

“Crash advice No.3: agree a rally point with your loved ones in case transport and communication gets cut off; somewhere you can all head to.”

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My name is URL

donegaLroad wrote: »

Gordon Brown's former adviser, Damian McBride made the exact same statement almost to the day 1 year ago, but it was in case of an impending stock market crash.






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"Be prepared" is rarely bad advice

People are making a bit too much of it imo

Riddle101

Can't do any harm to be prepared. I think Ireland could learn from Germany and organize themselves better in case of an emergency.

Dublinaccount

Hey buddy that lookout towa looks like a southpark Canadian.


Cant see us ever being told to stock up on water.

Dublinaccount

Dublinaccount wrote: »

Cant see us ever being told to stock up on water.

They'd add a rather hefty tax first, and then tell us to stock up.

Grayson

My name is URL wrote: »

"Be prepared" is rarely bad advice

People are making a bit too much of it imo

I saw an article about potential flooding in London. IT was based around the floods of 1953

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953


There's doubt as to whether the Thames barrier could withstand it. The barrier was built in response to it but the barrier is now used to prevent flooding coming down the river, not water coming from the sea.

If there was an event like 1953 and there was flooding coming down from the river the barrier couldn't cope.

The article said that everyone should have a bug out bag. A bag with warm clothes for a few days and some food too. Simply because stuff like the Louisiana can happen to nearly any city in the world.