Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 19hTrue, 3l per day seems extreme. Of course, you can only use baby wipes for cleaning if you've stockpiled them 😉 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 19hIn my experience, 3 days of food & water worth is not OTT 100 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 20hAlso, bad weather happens and storms can take out power/water. Not sure why you wouldn't want to make sure you had suitable food and bottled water at home. 230 3
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21hOn the second day of storms that have left tens of thousands in the UK without power, people are arguing about whether it is sensible to prepare for a period without power/water etc. I think it's fair to say that Brits do not do emergency preparedness 090 9
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21hThe gov advice is clear that you should check expiry dates every 6 months, no-one needs to be getting sick 110 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21hNo, which is why the advice is to stockpile food that doesn't require cooking 040 4
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22hSometimes it's just a scale issue. Portugal had a storm in Jan that took out 6000km of power lines, hundreds of pylons, 50 substations, 1 million without power. Damage on that scale isn't fixed easily or quickly 110 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22hWhen a huge storm took out power/water for days in my area, shops weren't open for at least 24 hours, then only accepted cash for another couple of days. By day 4, you could buy water again with a bank card. Until then, you relied on what you had at home 091 9
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22hAnd this is (some of) what the government is doing with regards to planninggov.ukThe UK Government Resilience Action Plan: 2026 Implementation Report (HTML) 010 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22hThese are the threats that the UK advice covers beready.campaign.gov.uk/be-informed-...beready.campaign.gov.ukAre you emergency ready ?Be informed about the potential risks out there and what to do if you find yourself involved in an emergency. 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22hHaving a few days supplies helps in every situation. At best, it means you get through a power/water cut without needing help; at worst, it allows authorities to prioritise more important things and organise the logistics of getting supplies to the gen population 110 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22hThere is a list here. No specifics about food because that depends on your diet preferences, but general advice. Having been in a situation without power & water for many days, the comment about wine was relatable for me, whatever counts as a pick-me-up is good to have when things are miserablebeready.campaign.gov.ukAre you emergency ready ?Find out about some simple steps you can take to be ready for emergencies 010 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23hAbsolutely. The climate events that make having some emergency stores useful are going to become more and more common. 020 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026I think the statement is also used as an excuse by people who can afford it/have the space. Someone who said they have no space commented they can't store it under the bed because that's where they store their fabric & yarn. That's a choice 140 4
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026But the advice is part of the government's resilience plangov.ukThe UK Government Resilience Action Plan: 2026 Implementation Report (HTML) 150 5
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026A lot of people seem to think the government should be delivering bottled water to them within hours of an emergency, while also complaining that the same government is incompetent. Good luck with that 1100 10
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026I understood from your first reply that you were saying there is no need for personal resilience, you called it performative nonsense. The advice is one part of what looks to be a much broader plangov.ukThe UK Government Resilience Action Plan: 2026 Implementation Report (HTML) 100 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026OK, well again, two choices. Be prepared for at least a couple of days, or complain. One of those things is more useful in an emergency than the other. 200 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026Also, as a parish councillor, you could be thinking about facilities for offering showers, how to get charging stations set up etc, as my parish council did on day 2. 120 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026or complain that the government hasn't prioritised you and you have no water. Up to you. 120 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026A couple of days without any water? Rather you than me. You have two choices in an emergency. Take some personal responsibility and accept that gov resources might be focused on bigger issues like hospitals, armed forces bases, emergency services centres - all badly damaged in the storm - 110 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026You can call it performative nonsense, but many governments around the world have been advising this for years, it's not unique to the UK 120 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026It's great that they were able to get water to 58,000 people. More than 1 million were affected in the storm I'm talking about and receiving water 'in a day or two' doesn't help you for the first couple of days if you don't have any stored 100 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026We had a storm in my area last winter that caused devastation across a wide area. I had no water for 4 days, no power for 10, no comms for ages. Shops couldn't operate for the first couple of days. No gov is getting water to you in time in situations like that 150 5
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026But also equality, healthcare, water & air quality, availability of different foods. All with caveats, but improved in general 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026Communications. When my aunt emigrated to Australia in the 70s, she spoke to family twice a year as calls were so expensive. I live abroad and can have free video calls with family every day if I want 100 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026The key is to have food that doesn't need refrigeration, that can be eaten without cooking, or cooked with minimal water. Plan for eating with no power and only bottled water 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026That's what I can't understand about Burnham's 'emergency' Twiglets. No way they would be lasting in my emergency stores 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026Yes, a lot of people have some food, fewer people have bottled water 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026I live in an area that had a huge storm last winter. Power, water and comms were knocked for days/weeks. The city got theirs back sooner, but ppl were relying on what they had at home for at least a couple of days 100 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026More defence spending won't help if a huge storm knocks out power, water and comms for days as it did in my area this year. Bottled water, extra food and a radio helped enormously 020 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026It's two months of demand, total, in its expected 11 year lifespan. 110 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026Two months of needs? The government is saying that it will increase domestic gas production by 6% at its peak. Domestic gas production supplies less than half of demand. The maths isn't mathing 100 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026reuters.comGiant ‘heat storms’ are scorching Earth. The story of the biggest one.Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. Reuters reveals the rise of ‘heat storms.’ They now swarm the globe, upending life and the climate everywhere. 010 1
Reposted by Sarah H PraiaSimon Lee @simonleewx.com · 21/10/2026The warming will continue until we reach net zero emissions. At which point, we will need to live with whatever climate we’ve ended up in. The sooner we reach net zero, the less extreme that climate will be, and the easier and less costly it will be to adapt to it. 47029 70
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026And he only has this body because of the roles he has. When he isn't filming as Thor, he won't look like this 020 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026Is she the one who 'researched' her move on Insta and Tiktok? 020 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026Gosh, consideration for others? What a lovely concept Sharron, you should try it sometime 010 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026Gandhi, Walesa and Mandela achieved their aims after decades of protest, there were deaths and violence in all movements, all of them were incarcerated. They didn't just march for a couple of hours every few months and get what they wanted. That doesn't happen. 060 6
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026You'd rather they use those tools at night? 140 4
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026No-one in the countries which have 'free' healthcare thinks it's actually free, we all know that we pay for it through our taxes. But we also know that we will never be given a huge bill, be denied care because the ins company says no, or delay care because we can't afford it 020 2
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Imagine the same argument being used to suggest Black or Muslim people should be segregated on wards 070 7
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Would that be an acceptable reason for her comments if the person she was concerned about was Black or Muslim? If her argument is that she was protecting the trans person from her mum's bigotry, then she is also arguing that racists shouldn't have to be on wards with people they don't like 000 0
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026The combination of ancestral diet and vitamin supplements makes me laugh. Also 'organ and muscle meat' – what other type of meat is there? 011 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026At the moment, it feels like a majority of society has been brainwashed by AI. 010 1
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026Freedom of movement allows that, but it also allows (allowed, for UK) people like me to immigrate permanently to the EU. I work but others retire. 130 3
Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026My marine biologist brother-in-law had some dealings with the MSC in Australia years ago and has had a very low opinion of them since. They allowed fisheries to self-declare, as part of the certification process, that they don't accidentally catch dolphins 000 0
