France preparing ‘survival manual’ for every household, report says
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And what about an emergency where you lose internet and/or electricity?
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You would download it and read it today and then maybe just refer to it later if you need it? It's only 20 pages.
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In an emergency, i don't think people would grab the 20 page book and all huddle around it. You would read it when it arrives, note the location of your nearest emergency resource, toss it in a drawer, probably forget it's there.
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I think most risks are managed at the municipal level.
Here in South West of Western Australia bush fires are a real risk. The risk is very well managed with properties in fire prone areas inspected for preparedness and penalties for those who aren't prepared. You need portable water pumps and cleared fire breaks et cetera.
We don't have cyclones / hurricanes here so we don't prepare for that.
There's not presently a significant risk of military action, but if that were to change I guess the govt would help people prepare, as is happening in France I guess.
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Sweden has one. Om krisen eller kriget kommer.
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I have a solar cell charging station, but I suspect a lot of people don’t.
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I think that's exactly what the book is for.
Information about what to do in the case of a nuclear or cyber attack in a physical booklet would be helpful to have lying around.
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In this context the Dutch government advised per 6th of March " Dutch government recommends citizens get 72-hour emergency kits: 'civil defence must increase'"
The French version sounds more comprehensive.
Some weeks ago, there was an interview with the Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs, and he admitted to have been properly prepared for over a year.
When asked why he had, he answered that since he was now more involved in the Government as a Minister, he had more knowledge of events, so to speak .
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Okay but why not both? They didn’t say “exclusively available online”.
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This should be standard, and very good on France for doing it. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
And I say this as someone who lives on a highly seismic region, where I used to see more awareness years ago. Pretty sure if nowadays we had a major earthquake or volcanic eruption most people would just panic, cause chaos and not have anything prepared for such an event. That's the unnecessarily scary part.
We should always acknowledge the uncomfortable possibilities, not stick our heads in the sand and hope trouble never comes knocking at the door.
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And without it most people would not even read anything about it until it's too late. Even with this argument it still accomplishes its goal better than a webpage or download that 80% of people will procrastinate on or forget completely. Case in point, the information has been out there on the internet for decades yet nobody is prepared for an emergency until it's at their front door. And if the internet is out you already missed your chance.
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An emergency doesn't necessarily mean your house is on fire. Recently I read a text saying that while the situation is dire, cities on the Russo-Ukrainian frontline which are targets of bombings on a daily basis still go about their daily routines as normal. But they are in an emergency, and a pamphlet like this hidden away in a drawer somewhere could definitely be useful.
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Had a factory explode just next to my city once. With everyone panicking, all connectivity (including calls and texts) was down in less than one hour. It was a while ago, but our infrastructure is more fragile than we imagine.
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That's because the whole of Europe is in undeclared war with Russia.
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And here I was thinking I must be the only Lemmy user in South West WA.
I agree that Fire risk in rural properties is taken seriously, though not many people I know who live down here actually have the pump and water infrastructure available to them if they had to fight a fire and the power goes out. I wish it was one of those things we took even more seriously.
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We have a lot of undeclared stuff going on, unfortunately.
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The entire world is preparing for war. As bad as these past few years have been, I fear that most of us haven't seen anything close to how bad it will get.
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Oh well... there's 2 of us I guess!
I thought rangers inspected farms to confirm they had their fire tender set up and fueled and had water and so on.
This map shows the risk in different areas and the level of preparedness expected on a given property depends on that level of risk.
