Due to the recent crises, a blackout or other infrastructure failure seems increasingly likely. How we survive such an emergency depends to a large extent on personal precautions, according to crisis prevention expert Herbert Saurugg. “Because it’s only when people know that their families are doing well that they get to work and help restart the systems.”
In the event of a large-scale power outage, it is not enough just to make the energy available again, which could take as little as a week across Europe. It then takes a few days before the internet and telephony work again, which is absolutely necessary to provide the population with essential goods. The gradual return to normalcy should therefore not be expected before the second week, according to the chairman of the Austrian Association for Crisis Prevention.
Need two weeks of supplies
The advice is therefore logical to be self-sufficient for at least 14 days. In addition to shelf-stable food for two weeks, enough water (two liters per person per day) and a suitable camping stove, you should also have hygiene items, medicines, flashlights and blankets. A battery-operated radio (car radio) offers the possibility to receive important information.
“Think for yourself what it takes two weeks to make ends meet without running errands. What special needs are there for young children, pets or caregivers, etc?” said Saurugg. And he recommends carrying two or three packs instead of one the next time you go shopping. There is no need to buy everything at once.
arrange meeting places
At least as important is to arrange a meeting point with the family members if mobile phones or public transport no longer work – for example with the children who are at school. You should also get together with neighbors and use certain resources together or watch those in need.
Roads “not an unsafe place”
The idea of many that in the event of a crisis, marauding hordes would roam about and infest the streets, has recently been refuted by a sociologist. “But if we have similar expectations and communicate, people will behave accordingly,” Saurugg said. You can only deal with such situations if people help each other as best as possible and take care of each other.
Source: Krone
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