US Embassy in SA issues "prepper" warning to citizens

marhsava said:
The same US Embassy that warned about a terrorist attack in SA.

How do I take them seriously now?
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Everyday is a terrorist attack here with the lovely ANC...Unless you are a CRAP'per....Then its just sheer bliss...
 
surface said:
It is CIA - they know 3 years in advance what is going to happen.
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They could have sounded the warning 3 years ago when we needed. Now they scream about doing something that we've doing for the past 3 years like it's something novel and new.

Basically everybody I know personally has been already doing this stuff for the past 3 years.
 
Oldfut said:
Quite ironic the warning. I had been away elsewhere in Southern Africa where load shedding was regarded a sa curiosity and, where I was anyway, water always came out of the tap. Back in SA, water slows to a trickle then off, large area. Luckily I had 25l from a previous outage but it wasn't great water - from a borehole methinks and obviously not enough for toilets, dish washing, showering, clothes etc. Luckily only lasted two days but JoJo as a buffer filled with municipal water is now on the cards; if only I could find a place to put it.

I say, act on the warning.
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Mount it on a trailer. You will thank me later.
 
Polymathic said:
They could have sounded the warning 3 years ago when we needed. Now they scream about doing something that we've doing for the past 3 years like it's something novel and new.

Basically everybody I know personally has been already doing this stuff for the past 3 years.
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3 years of tin foods
 
Polymathic said:
They could have sounded the warning 3 years ago when we needed. Now they scream about doing something that we've doing for the past 3 years like it's something novel and new.

Basically everybody I know personally has been already doing this stuff for the past 3 years.
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You mean stockpiling during corona ? We have 5 Litre of water and 2-3 canned tomatoes as non-perishable food. We just stocked up 5kg extra rice & flour. There was no cause for panic really. Some standard medicine & first aid is always there, irrespective of situation as we have a child at home. Fridge always has 5-6 days of supply so not sure what 3 days is going to achieve.

three days’ worth of supplies, including non-perishable food, 3 litres of drinking water per day, and medicine and first aid supplies.
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surface said:
You mean stockpiling during corona ? We have 5 Litre of water and 2-3 canned tomatoes as non-perishable food. We just stocked up 5kg extra rice & flour. There was no cause for panic really. Some standard medicine & first aid is always there, irrespective of situation as we have a child at home. Fridge always has 5-6 days of supply so not sure what 3 days is going to achieve.
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Where do you live?
 
surface said:
You mean stockpiling during corona ? We have 5 Litre of water and 2-3 canned tomatoes as non-perishable food. We just stocked up 5kg extra rice & flour. There was no cause for panic really. Some standard medicine & first aid is always there, irrespective of situation as we have a child at home. Fridge always has 5-6 days of supply so not sure what 3 days is going to achieve.
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Stuff in the fridge won't last long if we have grid failure unless you have solar. Though the panels will probably be stolen in a couple days.

Only safe way is to stockpile canned food and water for a few weeks were nobody will find it.
 
bwana said:
"Prepper" is a mybroadband'ism - from what I can see the alert never used it. They say we should "Prepare in advance for power outages..." and offered "Emergency Preparedness Tips" but that's as close to it as they came.
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prepper : noun (sl). one who prepares.- makes preparations.
 
Forum Reader said:
Stuff in the fridge won't last long if we have grid failure unless you have solar. Though the panels will probably be stolen in a couple days.

Only safe way is to stockpile canned food and water for a few weeks were nobody will find it.
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bro, I am still waiting for zulu uprising for more than 25 years. All these things can wait.
 
bwana said:
"Prepper" is a mybroadband'ism - from what I can see the alert never used it. They say we should "Prepare in advance for power outages..." and offered "Emergency Preparedness Tips" but that's as close to it as they came.
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It was a dog whistle to their own people.
 
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