What will you be stockpiling?

[Chicky]

If you are on anything other than a 28 day repeat Shoe then I’d keep quiet. The pharmacist said they were meant to be cutting everyone down to that so if you are on a longer repeat then keep under the radar. I’m investigating buying what I need online or from overseas.

[Hamm]

What have the Romans ever given us?

[Derek Nimmo]

England vs Scotland NHS though Chicky, there may well be different rules - maybe ask a Pharmacist first Shoe, before alerting your Doctor to it?

[Margo]

Christ. Are we really having to discuss this? It’s frightening that this may become our reality, scrabbling for supplies like some third world country :(

[Shoe]

I'll ask at the local pharmacy before booking an appointment.

Do we actually think we might lose power? I haven't even begun to worry about that yet. So much to panic about and so little time.

[ParisGal]

Blimey, I was going to say that while certain food issues would be likely, medicine would surely be fine, but that's pretty scary that it's already been mentioned.

[Margo]

Quite. I take 4 prescription meds daily. Wibble.

[Flora Poste]

I'm on a two month repeat, but manage my own doses so could probably halve meds in the short term if necessary.

C is coeliac so I'll make sure I've got a reasonable back up of GF bread/ pasta/ flour otherwise I'll be buggered for his lunches.

[Bat Macdui]

I haven't read anything anywhere about power issues. The supply issues all emerge from losing access to the Single Market and Custom's Union. So a massive bugger up of import and export because no-one can yet agree what checks should be made on what at which borders.

In a No Deal Brexit, this will be a bloody awful. In a Hard Brexit (ie, deal done before 31 March) there should be contingency or even transition period which reduces impact.

I mean, do feel free to worry, it'll be a shitshow of some form or another, but I don't think the lights are going to go out midnight on the 31st then we all immediately commence eating our neighbours and going full The Road.

[Bat Macdui]

But the immigrants!!

[Hamm]

It's like Y2k all over again.

[Shoe]

Let's hope so, that was a massive anti-climax.

[Squirrel]

What have the Romans ever given us?

It really is like this isn’t it. What a horrible, depressing shame it all is.

I’m going to start skipping one or two ADs a week and banking them, which I know I can do without suffering effects.

And stockpile jarred pesto for my children.

[Hamm]

I doubt the EU is worrying how to stockpile Wensleydale or haggis.

[Morganna]

I haven't read anything anywhere about power issues. The supply issues all emerge from losing access to the Single Market and Custom's Union. So a massive bugger up of import and export because no-one can yet agree what checks should be made on what at which borders.

In a No Deal Brexit, this will be a bloody awful. In a Hard Brexit (ie, deal done before 31 March) there should be contingency or even transition period which reduces impact.

I mean, do feel free to worry, it'll be a shitshow of some form or another, but I don't think the lights are going to go out midnight on the 31st then we all immediately commence eating our neighbours and going full The Road.

I don't think we will be plunged into eternal darkness either, but I do think that short-term cuts will become more common, and it will do no harm to be prepared.

https://www.adeltd.co.uk/blog/blackouts ... ricity.php

Admittedly, this is from a source that is selling power products, but it is first on the list of hits when you google 'Power Cuts Brexit'. There are lots of other articles, too. I can't remember what I read that made me think there would be cuts, but I was convinced, and I don't think I am particularly alarmist.

Quite apart from Brexit, I also think that having an emergency box is a good idea, even if it's never used. If someone cuts through a cable outside and the power goes off, for instance, it's handy to know where everything is (particularly if you are looking about in the dark).

[ParisGal]

Let's hope so, that was a massive anti-climax.

To be fair, almost definitely only because so much time was spent by companies / governments preparing for it.

[Ella77]

Also nobody seriously thought Y2K would be an issue. A lot of people made good money saying it would be, mind.

[Smunder Woman]

I'm quite worried about running out of omeprazole. I'd rather be without my sertraline and fully nuts.

[cluefree]

This is the most depressing thread ever.

[bramblerose]

And stockpile jarred pesto for my children.

Sorry, but this made me hoot!

It is very worrying though. I'm going to clear out a few shelves in the wardrobe to start a stash of essentials.