The screwed -in situation in the outside world has caused several Swedes to start preparing for a crisis or a war. At the end of last year, the Swedish Agency for Social Protection and Preparedness (MSB) decided that their classic brochure “if the crisis or war is coming” needed an update.
Among other things, they shared with you for advice on evacuation, advice for dealing with concern and how to talk to children about crisis and war.
Read more: Not got “if the war is coming” brochure? This is why
Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT. Cash in the event of a crisis? Yeah but not too much
News24 Has written, among other things, that you should have cash at home in case the digital payment system would be eliminated. Moa Langemark At the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority then highlighted that you would not have too much cash at home.
– If you have too much money at home and something happens in your house, your insurance will not cover it. Without just a lot of money, about what you do with the necessary expenses for you and your family in a week, she said in a feature from SVT.
Read more: Therefore you should not have too much cash at home
So much food you have to at home: “In a crisis you should be able to manage a week …”
Another important resource to have at home in the case of a crisis or a crisis is food. In an interview with Expressen explains Åsa Rosengrenmicrobiologist at the National Food Agency, what amount of food may be needed.
– In a crisis, one should be able to manage a week at home without help from society. A food supply that provides both energy and saturation, between 1800-2800 kcal/day, is needed.
A base supply with groceries in a pantry. Photo: Emma-Sofia Olsson / SvD / TT.
Drinking water is also important to have at home. Rosengren recommends between three to five liters of water per person per day. However, how the water is stored is important.
– Painted purely municipal drinking water or water from your own well can stay for a long time in can or bottles if it is stored cool and dark. The bacterial growth is not completely avoided, but it does not go as fast as if the drinking water is stored warmly and/or lightly. If you are in pain of space, the freezer is an alternative for water storage, she tells the newspaper.
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