Firstly I would like to attempt to clear up a few misconceptions that have built up regarding prepping. We're not all yearning for the end of the world as we know it (I for one quite like the world just how it is). There are people that dream of the rest of society being wiped out (and along with a few other worthy individuals being able to start over and rebuild the world in their own way) they are not so much preppers, probably just discontented dreamers suffering from a god complex.
There seems to have been a prevailing attitude in the UK that planning ahead (to mitigate some form of accident or disaster) rather than leaving it all up to the authorities is somehow a little bit odd...maybe it is but in the the last few years our government managment process has unfortunately proven to be slow to respond in some instances. Our emergency services are excellent but overstretched.
Essentially, doing anything by committee takes time and that is how governments and local authorities work, it isn't that your government doesn't care, they are accountable for an awful lot of other things and constrained by limited resources. In an emergency, time is the one resource that you're usually short of so having a a plan, a few basic tools/supplies, the knowledge of how to use them and enough information to know when to use them could dramatically improve the outcome of any incident. Whether it's a major or minor event.....in effect you are just helping yourself and hopefully the people around you.
There seems to have been a prevailing attitude in the UK that planning ahead (to mitigate some form of accident or disaster) rather than leaving it all up to the authorities is somehow a little bit odd...maybe it is but in the the last few years our government managment process has unfortunately proven to be slow to respond in some instances. Our emergency services are excellent but overstretched.
Essentially, doing anything by committee takes time and that is how governments and local authorities work, it isn't that your government doesn't care, they are accountable for an awful lot of other things and constrained by limited resources. In an emergency, time is the one resource that you're usually short of so having a a plan, a few basic tools/supplies, the knowledge of how to use them and enough information to know when to use them could dramatically improve the outcome of any incident. Whether it's a major or minor event.....in effect you are just helping yourself and hopefully the people around you.
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