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The French government is reportedly planning to send a “survival manual” to every household in the country with instructions on how to prepare for an “imminent threat” including armed conflict, a health crisis or a natural disaster.
If approved by François Bayrou, the prime minister, the 20-page booklet will be sent to households before the summer, French media reported.
It will be divided into three parts with advice on how to protect “yourself and those around you”, what to do if a threat is imminent – with a list of emergency numbers, radio channels and a reminder to close doors and windows if the threat is nuclear – and details of how to get involved in defending your community, including signing up for reserve units or firefighting groups.
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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
Happy cake day. My present to you is the knowledge that your caveman brain is still sitting dormant in there, and you’d do better than you’d think. It might not be a smart response, with no preparation, but probably not catatonic either.
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
No, no… you always need to start with death, so the rest is more pleasant. /s
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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.
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.
The US is going to be declaring war on Canada in less than 3y:
The reason that Trump “needs” Greenland & Canada is as a staging-ground for the pincer he needs, with Putin’s Russia, to butcher woke Europe between.
Unless Canada capitulates, then he can’t destroy Europe as he wants to.
Therefore, if Canada stands its ground, what Russia did to Ukraine, … the US is going to be doing to Canada, beginning in 2 to 2.5y.
I hope we arm to the teeth, & I hope we fight to the death.
I pray you survive your own country’s rabies, & surviving it may actually require you to flee your country.
I don’t expect Trump to tolerate any non-Trump-worshippers in the coming years…
I’ve got the feeling that any US citizens whom we turn-away, as refugees, from the Trump-cult-country, … we’re executing, … simply by forcing to remain within the US for the inevitable political-SS to exterminate, in the coming years…
Please keep in mind that getting out before it’s too-late is required, as a survivor of Auschwitcz pointed out…
By the time they realized it was too-late, … it was too late.
DON’T delay as they did, in the Netherlands. ( the documentary “Anne Frank Remembered” iirc )
I guess humankind’s unconscious-mind wanted the “drama” of enforcing this throughout our world, now…
I wonder what tiny fraction of humankind’s going to be surviving this-century…
No matter: IF the LivingSpirit-loyal people survive, then the world will flourish, again: Nature’s amazing at healing, when honestly helped…
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I’m travelling to France next month. Oh dear.
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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
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.
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/
And Finnish version. Also available in English.
They’re remilitarizing, just like everyone else. Another completely pointless and avoidable cycle of violence, just like the last time.
This effort itself is more like a FEMA disaster preparedness set of tools for the public. Whether it’s power outages, bad weather, or actual war, the steps make each citizen less of a liability to the overwhelmed emergency responders. Having reserve water, backup communication, and a family plan is not “remilitarizing”, it is just common sense.
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.
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!
C’mon, it deserves Roman numerals. It’s not a new and shittier version of the internet.
We have a lot of undeclared stuff going on, unfortunately.
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.
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 ;)
Unarmed? Score!
Trust nobody.
That when you die, you respawn with nothing. But there are plenty of guns and ammo just lying around everywhere
That seems like a lot of paper, energy , and trash for something that should be downloadable.
If you’re truely in a survival situation, where are you going to charge your phone after the first 24 hours of emergency?
Joke’s on you, the online survival manual can tell you how to do that!
Okay but why not both? They didn’t say “exclusively available online”.
Let alone the demonstrable reality that cell towers get massively overloaded when shit goes down. And that is assuming the infrastructure is even still up to be accessed.
No. There is some stuff you keep physical copies of. This is (presumably) one of those things.
You forget a large part of the population doesn’t understand how to download anything, and out of those who do, getting them to comply is still a challenge. Give them a pamphlet and your chances of the info getting read will skyrocket exponentially
