Alfrida and the summer heat makes us krismedvetna

"Alfrida and the summer heat makes us krismedvetna"

"Will prepperlådorna with compasses, camping stoves, flashlights and water bottles soon be in every american basement? Maybe. The uncertainty in the world, the summer heat and now the storm, Alfrida more and more aware of the vulnerability, according to the civil defence league."

"In the spring damp, the brochure"

"– When the brochure came we noticed a hugely increased awareness, and we sell lots of camping stove, smart torches and vevradioapparater when we stand in city squares around the country, " says Gunilla Nordgren, chairman of the civil defence league."

"Then came the hot summer, with fires and drought, and problems for farmers who produce our food. Now has the storm, Alfrida paralysed both Gotland and large parts of Uppland and Roslagen."

"There are many who feel that security is threatened in different ways," she explains."

"Fredrik Qvarnström, which operates the network business Överlevnadsbutiken, also noticed a growing interest in the spring, then the brochure came."

"– But most of it was when the report from the inquiry about our readiness came a year earlier, when the store for seven days was discussed."

"Alfrida has revealed our vulnerability, still several days after the storm, thousands of people without electricity, heat, telephone and water."

" I can't say what this storm will bring, but perhaps that the information on the need for preparedness and reach out to the people now."

"He thinks, however, that smaller trials and disasters, as Alfrida and the electricity blackouts, can bring something good with them. Although of course, it is hard for those who suffer."

"– It shows how vulnerable we are, so that you can prepare. When you can acquire what is needed for that, in all cases, cook food, listen to the radio and get access to the water. But there are also things that don't involve buying stuff, to make sure that there are no trees near the house and all that stuff is firmly fixed on the house, " says Fredrik Qvarnström."

"Both he and the civil defence league will point to the summer heat, the fires, the storms and power outages in the future."

"– Many are probably a little sunburned, but I'll inform how to do during a power outage, " says Qvarnström."

"– We should put the business plan now, and what has happened during the year should of course play into it, " says Gunilla Nordgren."

"She sees an awakening among the politicians."

"– We need a civil defence, not just guns and planes. There is also need for training of volunteers, who can help in different kinds of emergencies, who is now at the storm. This opens the schools to the elderly should be able to stay there, and it is we who will train these volunteers."

"She thinks that we are poorly prepared for the dangers in our society, not least our reliance on electricity. It became clear even during the Alfridas rampage."

"the cell towers will not work without electricity, not all the electric cars that are now welling up in the automotive market."

"– Go electricity doesn't work the electric car. Health care, grocery stores, fuel, supplies of drugs does not work either. It is scary, " says Gunilla Nordgren."

"72 hours – so long, would like to state that we are to do ourselves, according to the site dinsäkerhet.see the operated by the Swedish civil contingencies Agency (MSB). At the same time said that we should we be prepared for longer outages, but that the authorities do not want to lock down at any absolute limit."

"In the spring came the brochure"

"• It will be difficult to cook and store food."

"• Food and other goods can take over in the shops."

"• There will no water in the faucet or the toilet."

"• It is not possible to refuel."

"• Debit cards and atms will not work."

"• Mobile networks and internet is not working."

"• public Transport and other transport stands still."

"• It will be difficult to get hold of medicines and medical equipment."