If a three-day snowstorm in late February 2018 can almost bring Great Britain to her knees, imagine what a three-month event would be like. We have had those killer winters in the recent past such as 1946/47 and 1962/63, and the country survived fairly well, but those days are done owing to our poor distribution system these days.
If we add to that the floods of 2012/13, when the system also creaked badly, and then couple it with fears of political uncertainty that could lead to a currency crisis, we can imagine a country where modern-day incompetence collides with outside events to leave people hungry.
A Sensible Prepping Guide does not try to apportion blame for today's poor management, but it does accept the reality that the system is not fit for purpose. The author's parents lived through both World Wars, and he learned from them the value of always being prepared for events.
He has lived through many economic and political crises both in the UK and abroad that have led him to conclude that waiting for any government to act is a waste of time, as well as being hazardous to a person's health. Far better, he argues, for people today to take the same level of responsibility for their own lives that people did in the past.
So, we do not need to stockpile for the end of the civilisation, but we do need to worry that a major event will leave individuals and their families reliant on their own resources for an extended period of time.
Are you prepared for that? Reading this book is a first step on the road to becoming prepared.
