I'm travelling to France next month. Oh dear.
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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They're remilitarizing, just like everyone else. Another completely pointless and avoidable cycle of violence, just like the last time.
if something happened like where the power went out or where we got attacked by aliens I would just start screaming and crying and shitting my pants and then I would starve to death
No, no... you always need to start with death, so the rest is more pleasant. /s
You should distribute a competing pamphlet.
I can't imagine living somewhere so stable to feel that way. In America if the temperature goes too far in either direction my power goes out
PDF please 🥺
The french version is awaiting approval, but the swedish version is available in english here - https://www.msb.se/sv/publikationer/om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer-pa-engelska/
I’ve just read it and I recommend everyone to do the same if your country doesn’t have one. Most of the tips aren’t Sweden-specific and it’s generally good info to have.
There’s also a Dutch version of this (in English): https://english.denkvooruit.nl/
Kinda feel like that infographic is a good startpage and works good in tandem with more in depth material.
A part I really liked about the pamphlets they sent out is that they have checklists for the different home prep parts, f.e.
What if the power goes out though?
The entire world is preparing for war. As bad as these past few years have been, I fear that most of us haven't seen anything close to how bad it will get.
The sad part is that young people are sent to die, civilian suffer, for the ego of old farts. It's heart breaking. Everytime I see a comment like yours I remember the movie all quiet on the western front and I feel for the pointlessness of war.
The young people should be killing the older people causing all this chaos, not other young people, but apparently that's not allowed and not welcomed. In fact, in some countries you can probably be killed for even speaking this way.
When my parents and siblings voted for Trump, outside of being enraged, I felt terrible for my brothers kids. Depending on when a war starts and for how long, his kid is getting drafted for sure.
Hopefully, we can stop it
Ahh we got those in sweden a few months ago
That's because the whole of Europe is in undeclared war with Russia.
Not only with Russia.
Cold war 2.0, now with additional proxy war!
We have a lot of undeclared stuff going on, unfortunately.
It's surprising that it's not standard in any country and that it's not managed at the municipal level.
Where do I evacuate in case of natural disaster? Is there a dangerous factory which may explode/ release toxic products nearby? How high is the flood risk? What about forest fire
These info should be easy to get for everyone. Statistically speaking some citizen will (unfortunately) need it this year
If you live near a nuclear power plant in the us they issue evacuation instructions and shelter locations for each town every year.
About the factory stuff, in France it's already managed at the local scale
I think most risks are managed at the municipal level.
Here in South West of Western Australia bush fires are a real risk. The risk is very well managed with properties in fire prone areas inspected for preparedness and penalties for those who aren't prepared. You need portable water pumps and cleared fire breaks et cetera.
We don't have cyclones / hurricanes here so we don't prepare for that.
There's not presently a significant risk of military action, but if that were to change I guess the govt would help people prepare, as is happening in France I guess.
And here I was thinking I must be the only Lemmy user in South West WA.
I agree that Fire risk in rural properties is taken seriously, though not many people I know who live down here actually have the pump and water infrastructure available to them if they had to fight a fire and the power goes out. I wish it was one of those things we took even more seriously.
Oh well... there's 2 of us I guess!
I thought rangers inspected farms to confirm they had their fire tender set up and fueled and had water and so on.
This map shows the risk in different areas and the level of preparedness expected on a given property depends on that level of risk.
I did the maths once and estimated that there's probably about 10 people down here who ever signed up for Lemmy and 1 - 2 people who are active users, guess you're that other guy lol.
I'm not on a farm, but I'm on a bush block in a bushfire risk 2 according to that map (good link!). Never had a ranger come around, though we did recently have a local fire brigade volunteer do a info session/Meetup at the end of our street. I would imagine business out here/wineries would have to formally have a plan.
Yeah right, I guess I am that one guy! Aparently lemmy's MAUs recently broke the record set in June 2023 so there might be 3 of us now?
I think the annual inspections of your fire breaks are a bit hit and miss. I know you could be fined if you haven't done it.
Like most council things maybe they only enforce it if your neighbour complains or something.
I just asked my sister who has a farm and she said the ranger only does an inspection "if he can be bothered getting off his fat lazy arse" and "this guy I honestly think just does personal vendettas".
So make of that what you will.
When you apply for a business use for a property that's when they really put you through the grinder. Often you need to pay for a bushfire consultant to prep a Bushfire Management Plan, it can get really expensive. Assholes.
Haha maybe! Though I kind of expected no others due to how technologically disinterested people are down here TBH.
Oh yeah the annual firebreak check for sure does happen out my way, though definitely not every year. I think that's spot on re/ personal vendettas. Oh yeah that stuff gets more hectic every year, even residential bush fire risk for new builds are really strict now depending on the BAL rating.
This is just a good idea. Survival tips in various scenarios shouldn't be limited to the Boy Scouts
This should be standard, and very good on France for doing it. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
And I say this as someone who lives on a highly seismic region, where I used to see more awareness years ago. Pretty sure if nowadays we had a major earthquake or volcanic eruption most people would just panic, cause chaos and not have anything prepared for such an event. That's the unnecessarily scary part.
We should always acknowledge the uncomfortable possibilities, not stick our heads in the sand and hope trouble never comes knocking at the door.
Japan has various info on its website and, at least in Tokyo Metro, they send (or at least sent) a big disaster prep book to every household. However, we get earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, mudslides, and volcanic eruptions fairly regularly so we kinda need to be on top of at least the known/common threats.
I have 3 and a half thousand hours in DayZ. I’m golden.
What did it teach you ? I.e you’re walking in our post apocalyptic world and there are two people a few hundred meters ahead of you. They look like unarmed civilians. What will you do according to DayZ experience ? I’m a bit afraid of the answer ;)
Trust nobody.
That when you die, you respawn with nothing. But there are plenty of guns and ammo just lying around everywhere
In this context the Dutch government advised per 6th of March " Dutch government recommends citizens get 72-hour emergency kits: 'civil defence must increase'"
The French version sounds more comprehensive.
Some weeks ago, there was an interview with the Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs, and he admitted to have been properly prepared for over a year.
When asked why he had, he answered that since he was now more involved in the Government as a Minister, he had more knowledge of events, so to speak . Admittedly saying something without saying anything.
Sweden has one. Om krisen eller kriget kommer.
And in more languages than just Swedish too.
English version of the brochure.
More in English here: https://www.msb.se/en/advice-for-individuals/
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