Extreme Weather Prepping

[Devonian]

(15 February 2014, 18:31)bigpaul Wrote: about 3 years ago we were snowed in here, which is VERY unusual for this part of the country, we are more used to rain and lots of it, I've got a shovel and a supply of road grit, but as we didn't need to go anywhere we decided to sit it out, we had a full store cupboard and so we waited and waited and waited, eventually it thawed but it took about 3-4 weeks , we nearly ran out of uht milk but I've increased the stock since then, but that was all.

Yes that was the worst we have had down this part of the world for many years, but it was still only a few inches of snow and temperatures never really went much below about -6C, and then only at night.

I'm thinking that we are long "overdue" another extreme winter event like those in 1963 and 1947 where the snow was more like 6 feet deep, even in down here in the SW. If that happens and hangs around across the whole of the UK for a few weeks or a month (rather than the usual few days) and is coupled with temperatures of say -10C or worse (which is all possible) then we will see major problems with food/water/fuel shortages!!