I never thought about it before but now I wonder if I should have a small stock just in case. Nothing serious, maybe 2 weeks worth of stuff to live on. That I can have and forget, not maintain indefinately. Anyone have something like that? Any tips?
Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
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Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#12I'd imagine that most people would have enough food to last for 10 days in their pantry, fridge, and freezer.
Obviously, the water part is a bit different, most people won't have 15-odd litres of water just sitting around.
I'm fairly sure that most countries advise residents to keep 3 days supply of food and water stockpiled, or maybe it's just the countries that are disaster-prone.
More interesting than the food stockpile though:
> and pressed for plans for the military to train more closely with police in preparing for potential large-scale militant attacks.
Isn't the military constitutionally barred from operating domestically in Germany?
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#13I'd imagine that most people would have enough food to last for 10 days in their pantry, fridge, and freezer. Obviously, the water part is a bit different, most people won't have 15-odd litres of water just sitting around. I'm fairly sure that most countries advise residents to keep 3 days supply of food and water stockpiled, or maybe it's just the countries that are disaster-prone. More interesting than the food sto…
>I'm fairly sure that most countries advise residents to keep 3 days supply of food and water stockpiled, or maybe it's just the countries that are disaster-prone.
The developed ones of course.
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#14German speaking here. It's important to know that there are regional (Landtag) elections coming up, and the right-wing AfD tries to paint current politicians as a bunch of incompetent people incapable of providing security for the German people - and the established politicians react with populist stuff like this and the idea of forbidding double citizenship and Niqabs.
Everything that sounds like populist bullsh*t coming from Germany should be regarded with the elections in mind.
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#15I feel sick when I read this. This is just horror that we are willingly bringing upon ourselves. It's simply sickening.
So many bad things in history we couldn't prevent, we couldn't foresee. We already know how this will end. And nobody will stop it, it seems.
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#16I never thought about it before but now I wonder if I should have a small stock just in case. Nothing serious, maybe 2 weeks worth of stuff to live on. That I can have and forget, not maintain indefinately. Anyone have something like that? Any tips?
Most Americans who lived through the Cold War probably have some advices to give.
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#17I'd imagine that most people would have enough food to last for 10 days in their pantry, fridge, and freezer. Obviously, the water part is a bit different, most people won't have 15-odd litres of water just sitting around. I'm fairly sure that most countries advise residents to keep 3 days supply of food and water stockpiled, or maybe it's just the countries that are disaster-prone. More interesting than the food sto…
> Isn't the military constitutionally barred from operating domestically in Germany?
It is, except for disaster relief (e.g. major floods). During the Munich nazi amok run, the Feldjäger (military police) were alerted, though, and politicians are widely talking about increased cooperation and joint exercises between police and military.
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#18But only for those who can afford to stockpile.
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#19I never thought about it before but now I wonder if I should have a small stock just in case. Nothing serious, maybe 2 weeks worth of stuff to live on. That I can have and forget, not maintain indefinately. Anyone have something like that? Any tips?
> Anyone have something like that?
Re: Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
#20I never thought about it before but now I wonder if I should have a small stock just in case. Nothing serious, maybe 2 weeks worth of stuff to live on. That I can have and forget, not maintain indefinately. Anyone have something like that? Any tips?
Well, food is easy enough - canned food doesn't take up much space and is easy to keep stocked, assuming you regularly rotate through it so that it doesn't expire.
The harder part is water, as just a few days worth of drinking water for one person can take up a huge amount of space.