How long you must manage on your own during a power outage
UK: “Stock water and food
to last three days”
UK government’s “Be Ready” campaign
Day one, 7:00 p.m.
Storm Goretti last January
Power outages have happened
Tens of thousands of households in the UK experienced power outages.
UK government recommendations
Seven essentials to get through 72 hours
- 019 L of bottled water
- 02Three days’ worth of food
- 03Cash
- 04Blankets
- 05First-aid kit
- 06Flashlight and spare batteries
- 07Wind-up FM radio
- +Extra water for cooking and washing
“Those who can follow the advice should do so”
“Simple steps to prepare for everyday emergencies”
Why now
Climate crisis, cyberattacks
and threats beneath the sea
The Royal Navy has tracked Russian spy ships monitoring undersea pipelines and communications cables.
“Setting the record straight” on terminology by UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting
Existing terms
Streeting’s term
He says the existing terms “fail to convey the reality of the threat to the public.”
“These threats are not hypothetical; they are real,
and they are happening increasingly close to home, not just in other regions”“We must strengthen the nation’s ability to respond to crises, as well as its defenses”
UK government emergency preparedness campaign
For nuclear war: “shelters and 14 days’ supplies”
This time: “72 hours of emergency supplies”
The Guardian reported that the UK government had been reluctant to run such campaigns, fearing criticism that they would stoke public panic.
Protect and SurviveProtect and Survive
- Prepare for
- Nuclear war
- Advice
- Build a shelter at home
14 days of food (three meals a day)42 meals
Be ReadyBe Ready
- Prepare for
- Climate crisis · Cyberattacks · Threats from hostile states
- Advice
- Emergency supplies to last 72 hours
Three days’ worth of food9 meals
Defense Secretary Streeting · Telegraph op-ed on the 24th
“By 2030,
an adversary could launch an attack”
From now
“We have a little over 1,000 days to prepare to fight and win
alongside our allies”
Streeting’s solution
“To prevent the worst,
we must prepare for it”
Time for the nation to prepare for war
Time for households to manage on their own
Sources: UK government, The Guardian, The Telegraph · Photos: Getty Images, Unsplash, AFP-Yonhap, UK Ministry of Defence (Open Government Licence)
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Reporter Yun Seulgi seul97@asiae.co.kr
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Reporter Oh Hyunyoung hyun05@asiae.co.kr
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