It's gonna be a hard winter

nannymaroon
nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
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SoBoris has warned us all about the coming winter being hard due to high fuel bills, food shortages in shops, more petrol supply problems and power cuts.
Am I being over dramatic by admitting that I'm worried??
How should we prepare??
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  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited October 2021
    Power cuts! Really?

    ill start burning the furniture I guess. ??? unless there’s a shortage of matches!
  • easy
    easy Scope Member Posts: 689 Empowering
    I don't have a fire place so I will not be able to keep warm, unless i just make a big fire in the middle of my sitting room.
    Good idea Yes?
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    I think our winters are milder then what they used be. At least we don't get ice on wooden window frames any more and little snow. Unless we're having a severe snow storm I've not heard of. 
  • vikingqueen
    vikingqueen Scope Member Posts: 1,851 Championing
          Best thing I ever bought was my multi stove, I use solid fuel, never wood. I buy a quarter ton of fuel and it lasts me  through winter, no need for radiators at all. If it does come to power cuts I can always bake potatoes in the ashes  :)
  • nannymaroon
    nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
    I still have a lot of my lockdown food stored away I was lucky to think ahead in Feb 2020.
    I only have electricity at my home so a power cut will knock out heating, cooking and hot water. I have a camping stove that runs on blue gas canisters. I've bought a couple of extra cans of gas's from Amazon. If I can boil a kettle for a hot water bottle and a cuppa life might be bearable during a power cut.
    I've also stocked up on batteries for torches etc.

    I didn't panic buy I just got an extra product each time I did a grocery shop
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    I do need a   ?  could also buy disposable bbq it won't do a 3 course meal but chuck some marinated chicken breast on it.  If worse came to worse. I do have gas tho for cooking.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    I need slippers too ?
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Online Community Member Posts: 3,119 Connected
    Where’s the link to the source of expected power cuts? 
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,172 Championing
    A single malt for me. :)

    In all seriousness I try not to worry about what is "threatened" to happen, and just get on with things.

    I admit I did say the same thing when some virus was knocking about, then a pandemic happened :D, but generally the mindset has worked for me.
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    I'm already feeling it I have no heating my thermostat and control panel is dead 

    Reported it early Sept they came out within 3 days but needed new one ordering

    Now not coming out till next week to fit and as weather turned cold recently I'm managing by lots layers and blanket 

    Good job it not really cold yet
  • nannymaroon
    nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
    woodbine said:
    It does look like this is going to be a very difficult winter for all of us, as for power cuts they do seem to be a possibility, but to get to the reasons for that you will have to do your own research.
    But one thing I know for certain is that those of us of a certain age will take it as it comes, having lived through the dark and dismal says of the 1970's, I do wonder how well younger people will deal with it.

    Yep I remember the 3day weeks of the 70's and the power cuts. We sat around the dining table by candle light and a paraffin heater. It was awful.
    Not quite Dickensian but grim and cold.
  • nannymaroon
    nannymaroon Online Community Member Posts: 562 Empowering
    MarkN88 said:
    Where’s the link to the source of expected power cuts? 
    It's been all over the media for the past month. A simple Google search should be enough.
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Online Community Member Posts: 3,119 Connected
    nannymaroon said:
    It's been all over the media for the past month. A simple Google search should be enough.
    No need to be patronising. It’s easier to post a link if your going to mention something. 
  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,874 Championing
    Where I live in my village we have already had 12 power cuts over last few months Internet goes down frequently and we are always haveing floods lol 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    woodbine said:.. those of us of a certain age will take it as it comes, having lived through the dark and dismal says of the 1970's, I do wonder how well younger people will deal with it.
    Even so, with the much more intensive use of electronic technology in our lives the impact of power cuts could be rather greater.
  • TheAlien
    TheAlien Online Community Member Posts: 228 Empowering
    Its not just technology that a power cut now would impact, in the 70s most people had a coal fire, some with a back boiler for hot water very few houses had central heating, and we didn't rely on freezers as much for storing food either.

    I'll be keeping my mobile tech fully charged just in case.  If we do have power cuts I'll be left with no heating, not hot water and no means of cooking.  Plus I live in a cold damp council flat.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    153 my electric is going up or gone up  and I don't know about gas eek
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    @Sandy_123 wow that's a lot but if you insist on living in a castle lol 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    I only wish I was in a  ? that would be my dream home( back to reality)  lol  that's the increase my provider has hiked to.  
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    @Sandy_123 did you watch Martin Lewis money show tonight if not watch on catch up he gave lots advice about this and what % increase you should expect and to challenge if you don't agree

    Some companies are increasing to prevent them going under

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