We have power outages a few times a year because trees falling over power lines, because of heavy snow (yet to come this year) or storms (had enough already).
So to a certain amount we're prepped already over here, it should last us about up to two weeks (six person household).
People in our village are like:
Covid19: "Just a flu..."
No more beer: "We're all going to die!"
And it's even not as ironic as most of you might think
Or no more toilet rolls, maybe?
It's probably the
madness of crowds that is of most concern...
There was one article about Wuhan that said a truck was held up and robbed of toilet rolls (can't find reference, or prove it, but it's anecdotally illustrative). In the event of supply chain disruption, it may be simple stuff that you will miss most.
With any hint of a lock down, as per a recent post by one of our Italian brothers showing a stripped supermarket - it's probably a good idea to have a decent stock of basic non-perishable food and basics like toilet rolls, first aid etc. - just so you don't have to actually go out to hunt down basics. You can always use it up later, or give it to a food bank someday.
As for the state using the virus as an excuse for oppression? Well, maybe we should take a leaf from Trump's playbook, he won't let the pesky bureaucrats take over, he's got it covered:
"In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/Well, Trump should about to be almost famous for the almost granted backfiring effects of his decisions and orders. A mad man in a critical age, on the top of a nation's administration. This is the reason for
real democracies (let's say: more democratic, to be fair) to not rely on decisions of a single man or instance.
Toilet paper, drinking water, household water, rice, beans, noodles, chicken food (for egg/protein supply), dairy, candles, firewood, fuel, soap. Just like almost every cottage in the mountains would have stored somewhere. Plus we have a lot of farmers here (milk, meat, dairy), about 150 pounds of vegetables, fish and meat in the freezer(s). Next step is to up for photovoltaic panels, but i put half of the money into corn and also some fair amount into working memory training and therapy.
Always buy the soft toilet paper, in case you ever run out of paper tissues.