Preparing for El Niño

Thank you Maw I shall follow your instructions to the letter

Brilliant Maw might give it a go…

I am stocking up on toffee, biscuits (sweet and savoury), cheese, apples stored in brown paper bags, carrots (don't need cooked) and loads of aldi chocolate. Some bottles of cider, screw top, as I don’t drink more than a glass at a time. Hot water bottles.
Hope to reduce my knitting stash if stormbound. Piano to play if no WiFi.

Utbbhas the right ideas. I think you/she should be writing “the idea of the day” to encourage us all. What type of sticks are best? Should we be lighting pre stored dry lichen or shredded newspaper to get started? Who still buys a newspaper? Semaphore is good but need a viewpoint. And recipes Utbb. We need recipes from you to go with the wine.

Love that maw

A stock of tinned food that you can eat cold and some bottled water is a good idea. It is not clearing the shelf when there is an emergency, it is being ready. I have added some wine and chocolate as it will be a miserable time!

MawsRosie

This is for all the grans who take a dim view of stockpiling or “hoarding”
( I’ll get me coat )

😂😂😂

Cheers!

"We cannot order prescription meds more the one week before we runout"

And we get told to allow at least ten days, even then the chemists doesn't always have them ready or even in stock.

This is for all the grans who take a dim view of stockpiling or “hoarding”
( I’ll get me coat )

Dog food
A bit of a fast would not do me any harm, but a hungry Rosie? No way!

Agree! Medication most important.

El Nino has been on the news, maybe you don't watch it because it's all doom and gloom, but it's a storm that's brewing and we're being asked to prepare in case we have power cuts. I'm surprised at your defensive attitude towards the original post. Pretty sure we're ALL English.

We cannot order prescription meds more the one week before we runout, sometimes delivery is delayed and we are without for a couple of days, complaining does nothing.
Will pharmacies allow for bad weather?
We can only have 28 days supply .
I have made sure I have Panadol, Ibuprofen , Gaviscon and Esomoprozole which can now be bought over the counter.
I can do no more.
If computers go off due to solar storms etc we are all in a mess.
I had not thought about cash but I shall get some now, thanks to whoever suggested it.

We always have a small stock of basics, we don’t go mad panic buying. My fragile health has made shopping difficult at times. I would be more worried about disruption to medication supply chains. I usually have a month’s supply.

Elegran

Oldnproud

mokryna

Is El Niño a way governments are getting Europe to stock up against cyber attacks I am asking myself.

I suspect that is a serious possibility.

There has been concern for years about the possibility of changes to el nino, and the consequences if it happens. I don't think we should underestimate the disruption they could cause.

I wouldn't put the blame for them on any government. They are all too well aware of the knife-edge on which our climate balances at the best of times to interfere with that balance deliberately.

Just to clarify: I think that the warnings we are getting are preparing us for possible disruption due to both /either of the aforementioned risks.
Im not playing down the possible repercussions of El Niño, but rather suggesting that the risk of serious disruption via such things as cyber attacks might now be equally high.

For many, meds are essential. Not always easy to have a safe surplus.
Recent disasters?
Depends on your location.
If your home is built on a flood plain, or near a river or dam, a grab bag could be worth having.

Be prepared. Nothing wrong with that.
Most of us know the drill for electricity outages and water shortages.
Good tip about the cash, thanks. 💸

Oldnproud

mokryna

Is El Niño a way governments are getting Europe to stock up against cyber attacks I am asking myself.

I suspect that is a serious possibility.

There has been concern for years about the possibility of changes to el nino, and the consequences if it happens. I don't think we should underestimate the disruption they could cause.

I wouldn't put the blame for them on any government. They are all too well aware of the knife-edge on which our climate balances at the best of times to interfere with that balance deliberately.

watermeadow

El Niño affects the Pacific. That’s a looooong way away.

Yes it does.

It warms the water in the Pacific leading to more evaporation, and then more rain.

The increased heat leads to heatwaves all over the world.

It disrupts the underwater currents like the jet stream, which keep the temperatures in the UK at reasonable levels in winter.

It leads to more tropical storms, even in the Atlantic, which bring us storms through October and November that can stop shipping and cause damage to houses.

It may bring us an early and colder Winter, possibly not a problem in the South but in the north there could be freezing temperatures before Christmas when people are travelling to visit family. So lookout for lots of road accidents due to ice.

It causes higher temperatures world wide which have led to crop failures and droughts. Thousands of people have died heat related deaths over the last year - about 35,000 of them in Europe alone.

How much will it affect us over Winter? Nobody knows. We've never recorded temperatures like this year before. That's the point though - nobody knows what to expect so it's being suggested that you make sure you have a few stocks in. In case of power cuts. In case of flooding. In case of freezing temperatures when you can't get out. Some areas will be affected more than others whatever happens.

El Niño affects the Pacific. That’s a looooong way away.

TheWeirdoAgain60

You've never heard of El Nino!!
Really?
Or were you just being ironic?
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Dog food - although the dogs could eat baked beans. There will definitely be some food shortages in any case due to the drought and failed harvests.

Cash. I think the likelihood of a cyber attack is much more likely.

I have just done Sainsbury’s order and have included quite a selection of chocolate bars, kitkats, dark and milk chocolate bars but…… will it still be there when El Niño arrives?
I can’t put it in a safe place, I have too many things in safe places that have been lost over the years, only to be discovered when out of date or I can’t remember why I hid it in the first place.
This includes an expensive bottle of perfume I bought for myself last Christmas, Miu Miu , never to be seen again.

CarrotTop

There's no such thing as someone who only speaks English. It's a mongrel language originating from many sources and has evolved through many influences over many hundreds of years. You can't get from one day to the next without using a "foreign" word.
Even the word "troll" has evolved from several sources.

Looking at a children's book on Celts, I discovered that words like Daddy and Gob come from the celtic language.

It only has to be a lot of toilet rolls, boxes of tea and lots of the new white chocolate Digestive biscuits. That's about it.