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Everyone should give that some thought but look at Texas. In 2021 they were devastated by a snowstorm. This year they were devastated by flooding. Not to pick on Texas, they aren't the only ones caught under prepared for severe weather. Wildfires and drought in the western states is another thing we're under prepared for. And look at the hoarding of toilet paper etc. in 2020. I presume there's been problems in Europe that I'm not aware of that are more relevant to Denmark's calculus.

The climate is changing. Natural disasters are going to be more common. It's prudent to prepare for it.



Just this last week, all the major cargo train lines in northern Sweden suffered big derailments simultaneously, and several dozen roads were made unusable. This was all from a single incident of unusually heavy rain. The country will have badly damaged logistics on the North-South axis for weeks to come, maybe months. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/stora-probl...

Preparedness is vital!


Does anyone have an English language post for this story? That sounds like quite a yikes!


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Texas also has a grocery store chain that is particularly well-prepared for disasters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/us/texas-heb-winter-storm...


Yup, sometimes people joke that H-E-B is the 4th branch of the Texas government given how much they do during disasters. When food was going to go bad and payment terminals were having issues during the big 2021 winter power outage, pictures of them just giving out cartfuls of groceries were circulating on social media.


The Fat Electrician did a great video on them on his second channel

https://youtu.be/23sehACMR6s


Fantastic. Good on HEB.




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