This little episode made me giggle:
Three days? Three DAYS? Does she think that a miracle will occur, or the disaster have passed, by Day Four?
As I recall, the BritGov suggested the same time period — probably using the same asinine reasoning, if it can be called that.
At the risk of sounding repetitive on this topic, three months’ worth of supplies sounds more realistic, and still longer would be better (assuming that one has the storage space to hold all that stuff).
But no politician is going to suggest such a holding, of course, for two reasons:
- it may cause the population to panic, and
- it would suggest that the government might fail in its primary obligation (to protect its citizens).
…and we can’t have that, can we? Far better to suggest a paltry three days, and allow vast numbers of people to perish from starvation, etc.
Of course, in unarmed Europe, “going shopping with my AK card” is not possible because of civilian disarmament and stringent gun control laws.
It’s a recipe for disaster, as any fule kno, but it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of neo-socialists.
Going shopping with my AK card is what I expect to happen for the “imports’, and civilian disarmament simply means that the population won’t be able to resist the looting.
We have about 3 years of non-perishables on hand at all times. We live rurally, drive less than 2000 miles a year, and strive for self sufficiency in all things. And we expect the absolute worst from all levels of gov’t.
I suppose some inner-city folks might consider canned goods a mere supplement to their traditional diet of human flesh.
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I cannot predict my actions in such a situation.
I doubt I could idle while my neighbors are stewed and roasted.
That is funny. I get nervous if our “on hand” reserves drop under 12 months worth. This is about 3 months of perishables in freezers (with generator backup) and 5 years (or longer) sealed long term storage foods. The latter may not be “tasty” or “exciting” but will keep you alive. Now let’s get to the real nub, how many firearms and related stores of ammunition does this Danish totty say to have on hand for when Ivan decides to actually put on boots and walk west? Hellooo, anybody home?
The smarter countries are training their young how to use and maintain firearms, you know, like the Swiss have done for about 500 years or so. If I recall, Denmark minus the soon to be sold Greenland is a tad bit smaller than Switzerland and lacks natural barriers (it’s kind of flat but a bit higher above MSL than Holland). Oh well, not for us to be concerned about, let’s work on keeping the U.S., U.K. and Canada afloat and aimed in the direction of sanity (yes, a difficult task I know).
Three days? I’m pretty sure we could skip shopping for a month and still have more than three days worth of canned goods just in the regular pantry, let alone the emergency supplies. How can you not have three days worth of canned goods? Do these people go shopping for each meal? Do Danish houses not have pantries?
Most European houses don’t have much of a pantry, no.
They’re too small.
I’m lucky to live alone in a house designed for a family of 4 so I can stock up for more days than a full family would in the same house.
And that’s limited to 3 weeks or so (and I still need to find space somewhere for 200 or so liters of bottled water, preferably more) because of space constraints.
We don’t have McMansions like Americans do. My family home (designed for 4 people) is about 80 square meters of floor space. Most American prepper houses have a pantry that’s about that size.
jwenting,
Good point about the size of European homes and space.
I shop in I-don’t-want-anyone-to-suspect-I’m-prepping mode. So I sneak in 3 days worth of shelf-stable stuff pretty much every time I hit the grocery store. My, my, how it do add up.
Smart way to do it.
yes, not only to make sure others don’t realise you’re hoarding but also because otherwise each shopping trip gets too expensive and your shopping bags too heavy to carry (a definite thing at my age).
what makes her think that the baaaad, baaaad Russians are going to attack Denmark – or is she just trying to stir the (normally highly placid, cud-chewing) Danes into defense/attack mode?
5 things to keep on hand above all else
– if you can afford it – and if your doctor can write the prescription they way – always get 90 day supplies of medicine. If you can’t – get as much as you can. Keep hand written lists of the medicine you take and what dr prescribed it in case of emergency
– some type of generator. Small if all you can afford. Something to at least keep the fridge going while you first use the perishable food up. Then to keep a small heater going in winter or a small room ac in summer. Of course if you can afford it whole house is great but whatever you can afford
– food and water. – some type of small water filter in case main water supply gets contaminated. Life straws etc. canned foods. Bagged foods. Some short and some long term shit. GET A MANUAL CAN OPENER OR TWO!!!
– basic supplies. If you live where winter hits have extra blankets. Extra gas for generator and car. A small grill to cook on outside. Some tools. Flashlights and extra batteries. Whatever you need to do daily tasks
– guns and ammo. At the very least have a 22 rifle with a few thousand rounds of ammo and one center fire gun (357 revolver or 9MM semi auto) with at least 500 rounds of center fire ammo. These are the bare minimum. If course more is always better.
From experience (I live in the Rainbow Nation aka South Africa) I can tell you that the first thing is water. You need it to flush the loo. Four days without a shower (not just a hypothetical scenario in the Rainbow Nation) destroys morale. We keep a one thousand litre storage tank (cost equivalent 60USD) for such eventualities.
Living in the Rainbow Nation means that basically we are all preppers. Our shopping malls have mighty generators and most of us have cats and dogs that can be pressed into service in a Haiti-scale emergency.
The Danish Minister (shouldn’t that be Mistress) has never heard of Amazon and Uber Eats?