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Every time Ferguson visited a supermarket to do his food shop he has purchased six extra cans just in case. The 71-year-old has also bought a gas stove with canisters and water filters for his water butt in his back garden. "I've got my filtration sticks that I can use so I can drink that water.
"You know a lot of people talk about you know what about having a bath or a shower well I think when push comes to itself staying alive is probably a bit more important than minor points of personal hygiene." The business owner believes having 600 cans is necessary "If I was going to eat six tins a day, which would be more than ample, I've got 100 days' supplies. "but I've got family, I've got friends, I've got neighbours, I would be looking to share, I wouldn't be looking to keep it to myself." Defence Secretary Wes Streeting had said the advice - which is similar to guidance issued by the previous government - was not triggered by any "particular piece of intelligence", but rather about improving "national resilience" more generally. The government's announcement focused on extreme weather events , which are becoming more frequent because of man-made climate change - but Streeting also referred to the threat of "increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks" on businesses, and supply chain disruption caused by "hostile state actors or terrorists".
Source: BBC
