Kudos to anyone planning ahead. Articles like this remind me how fortunate I/ we are to live where we do and with the options that we have that many in the world do not.

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/22/everyone-one-should-prep-the-britons-stocking-up-for-hard-times

Everyone should prep’: the Britons stocking up for hard times
Whether it be Covid, Brexit, the climate crisis or war in Ukraine, some are determined to be ready in case of the wors

Linda Geddes Science correspondent
Fri 22 Apr 2022

Even before the pandemic, some people were stocking up on essential items such as food and toilet roll, in anticipation of supply chain disruptions wrought by Brexit or a fundamental civilisational collapse.
Some stockpiled candles, matches and logs, and bought a wind-up radio for keeping in touch with the news. Others installed freezers and shelving in outbuildings in which to store food, and shifted a proportion of their savings into overseas accounts.

So, how did these “preppers” fare once Covid-19 hit the UK, and are they still stockpiling items today? We asked some to offer a glimpse inside their larder.

Not me, i stock up on guns so i can take the preppers food

I felt sorry for the guy who had "a Bear Grylls knife." Sad.

I thought assault knives were banned in GB years (decades) ago.

Another Apex predator.  lol