French government expected to issue all citizens with survival manual

[MrEd]

Recent events in Spain is an illustration of why knowing how to take care of yourself for a few days with no phone/internet/banking/electric etc is quite important

 

[MartinK9]

Recent events in Spain is an illustration of why knowing how to take care of yourself for a few days with no phone/internet/banking/electric etc is quite important

Meh, they sleep from 2 to 5 they didn't miss much

 

[Pattree]

Tourist complaints could be expected even though there was nothing anyone could do.

The locals pulled together pretty well from what my Portuguese friend said.

 

[Chris]

Cash insulates one from a lot of issues.

I’d be perfectly happy walking through a Portuguese coastal village drinking cold beer (most bars seem to have generators) and eating charcoal barbecued sardines and padron peppers for a day. Easy enough to do with a couple of days of cash in the pocket.

 

[oldtimer]

Daughter-out-law couldn't do vital work from home, granddaughter missed two days of school, son carried on as usual on his off- grid finca.

 

[demented dale]

Just watched survival lily's latest video on the situation in Europe. She shows the 72 hrs survival kit video at the beginning. Just a complete joke! I'm sure it's a comedy sketch taking the mickey out of being prepared. Worth a listen to her whole video.
I'm waiting for France to go into civil unrest madness after what has happened to le Penn.
I think this April will be ..shall we say...interesting.
Met a friend, who I don't see very often this morning. Had a conversation about what's happening at her instigation. She's a tad on the kooky side, but she is in real fear now. Totaly paralysed to be able to do anything for herself. I've told her many times to get in basic preps, but she still hasn't. She asked yet again, what she should do. As she was about to go into the co op, I said start today, get a big box of matches and a bag of tealights. She came out ten mins later without them.
My fave phrase comes to mind.
You can't push water uphill!

Afterthought..
Did the French gov issue this prep advice in the for knowledge of the outcome of that case, and knowing their people, expect some form of protest or civil unrest? ....just the cynic in me popping up.

Survival Lilly is a bit of a fearmonger as are many other online preppers. Some have good practical content. I agree with concept of prepping. It is common sense but some of these people can be a bit much. Ray Mears taught me so much about the subject and I didn't get frightened once. x

 

[Keith_Beef]

Cash insulates one from a lot of issues.

Town centre lost power a few years ago when lightening struck a substation. OH was in at the cheesemonger's shop at the time. Even though she had cash, the cheesemonger refused to sell her the cheese that he had already weighed out because the till wouldn't register the transaction on the paper roll.

 

[Chris]

Town centre lost power a few years ago when lightening struck a substation. OH was in at the cheesemonger's shop at the time. Even though she had cash, the cheesemonger refused to sell her the cheese that he had already weighed out because the till wouldn't register the transaction on the paper roll.

Sounds like a dreadful business decision!

It’s bonkers how inflexible some businesses are.

 

[TeeDee]

Town centre lost power a few years ago when lightening struck a substation. OH was in at the cheesemonger's shop at the time. Even though she had cash, the cheesemonger refused to sell her the cheese that he had already weighed out because the till wouldn't register the transaction on the paper roll.

Clearly didn't want the Cheddar bad enough.

 

[bearbait]

Sort of on-topic (but perhaps more bug-out bagish), this is quite an interesting article from the Grauniad from 2022:

Your life is under threat. You might have to run any second. What do you take?

From those at risk of wildfires to activists facing death threats – thousands of people around the world keep a bag ready to flee. What do they pack?

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tengu]

I trust none of their advice.

Except maybe the guy with the sword. I possess no swords.

 

[Stew]

Survival Lilly is a bit of a fearmonger as are many other online preppers. Some have good practical content. I agree with concept of prepping. It is common sense but some of these people can be a bit much. Ray Mears taught me so much about the subject and I didn't get frightened once. x

If they’re a YouTuber then trying to provoke a reaction to get more views and more money is very likely. Got to feed the algorithm! Hard to take them seriously.

 

[Woody girl]

Town centre lost power a few years ago when lightening struck a substation. OH was in at the cheesemonger's shop at the time. Even though she had cash, the cheesemonger refused to sell her the cheese that he had already weighed out because the till wouldn't register the transaction on the paper roll.

That's not joined up thinking.
Just write it down and ring it up later when the power is back.
We had a power outage last summer that lasted most of the day. Our local shops did just that. No business lost.

 

[ONE]

Town centre lost power a few years ago when lightening struck a substation. OH was in at the cheesemonger's shop at the time. Even though she had cash, the cheesemonger refused to sell her the cheese that he had already weighed out because the till wouldn't register the transaction on the paper roll.

That's not so much a consequence of the power outage as of your cheesemonger being a tool. Seek a more reliable source of cheese!

The locals pulled together pretty well from what my Portuguese friend said.

I've a semi-retired friend who lives in a log cabin on his brother's land, not a prepper retreat or anything, one of those places built from a kit. He played golf and had a barbecue yesterday.

Survival Lilly is a bit of a fearmonger as are many other online preppers.

There's an American podcaster whose tagline is (very loosely) "Preparing for a better life tomorrow if times get tough, or even if they don't" which strikes me as being as good a philosophy about the whole issue as any.

 

[Tengu]

I like that.