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Isn't this one of those things that everyone else in e.g. US and Europe does, and are surprised that Brits don't do?
Like mixer taps and not putting washing machines in the kitchen.
I did learn a lesson when my taps stopped for a day in near 30C summer 2020, Thames Water didn't provide any alternative and the shops ran out of bottles.
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I did learn a lesson when my taps stopped for a day in near 30C summer 2020, Thames Water didn't provide any alternative and the shops ran out of bottles.
They should supply 10 liters per person per day within the first 24 hours, they normally put the bottle station locations on the website. If the interruption is shorter then they might not.
greentricky
Household-level resilience measures which, at scale, can make a significant impact on emergency services and public crisis response.
Just a simple first aid kit, fire safety kit, flashlight/torch, and a handful of meals and corresponding litres of drinking water. Not very expensive, not very intrusive, but proven to be enough to save lives directly and indirectly in a large-scale emergency.