Brits will be encouraged to store water and tinned foods as part of the government’s new emergency preparation planning campaign.
The measures are intended to ensure “domestic resilience” in the event of major supply chain disruptions caused by climate change-induced extreme weather or military and cyber attacks by hostile nations, the Financial Times (FT) revealed.
“It won’t be anything like ‘duck and cover’,” one government official told the FT, referring to the 1950s and 60s US cold war campaign to protect individuals in the wake of a nuclear explosion.
They added: “But there will be practical advice on things you can do to improve domestic resilience, like having some bottled water and tinned food. It will be common sense, not scaremongering.”
The UK produced a number of its own nuclear safety booklets including Protect and Survive in the mid 70s, which was intended to be sent to every house in the event that a nuclear catastrophe was imminent.
