Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Barrister's Tips: How to Plan For 7-Day Blackouts" video.

  1. I live 2 miles from the nearest public road (which is single track), and Amazon drivers that have a GPS pin over my house struggle to find it. I've never seen trick or treaters brave enough to come knock on the door. Crime ain't an issue. The local community is all farmers, so invariably they'll all have shotguns etc that they can take into town if idiots get a little rowdy
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  2. @Skelter1skelter - you make a good point, I've defrosted a frozen engine with tealights before now... wonderful things they are!
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  3. I'm probably a little lucky... I live on a farm that has it's own 3-phase generator, we have our own water supply and our own dedicated sewage works. If things get serious, we have a lot of trees nearby, a wood chipper, and the heating system is powered by wood chippings (that normally arrive in the back of a 7.5 tonne truck once a week). If diesel becomes a problem, I own a couple of axes, and I have a "van life" power solution (charged by the mains, has a huge battery). In the past when we had bad snow, I used a tractor to plough/grit the local roads (and the council paid me for it!) I also enjoy camping (tent or hammock), so I have things like sleeping bags, alternative methods of cooking (paraffin, etc)... mobile phone signal rarely works here anyway, so you get used to not using a phone. And yes, I'm in the UK, and no, I'm by no means a "prepper." The last bad storm we had (last winter), took me 2 days to be able to get the car to the nearest town. Really wasn't a huge deal. I can imagine folks in Central London running around like headless chickens in a blind panic though...
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