
A muffled rumble in the distance, shouting through the streets, the clinking of glass, a siren somewhere. Anyone who has ever experienced this live knows that civil unrest has its own dynamic that can hardly be compared with other crises.
Imagine chaos outside. Power outage, curfew or a situation where it's wiser to stay out of sight. Maybe emergency services are patrolling your street, maybe people are wandering around looking for sources of light - for clues as to where there might be something ...
How many of us have ever experienced a sudden power cut or heating failure? Usually only for a short time, and yet such a moment is enough to remind us of how dependent our lives are on our ...
There are things you can't afford to lose. Things that are so important that losing them in a crisis is almost more serious than missing food or light. This refers to documents - ID cards, birth certificates, insurance policies - and of course valuables that ...
Who doesn't remember the images from the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic? People with shopping carts full to the brim, pallets of pasta and, above all, the legendary hoarding of toilet paper. Supermarket shelves empty like after a sale, annoyed cashiers, perplexed customers. These scenes ...
Most ideas of a blackout end at the point when the lights finally come back on. The power is on, the fridge is humming, the streetlights are shining - and you think: „Done!“ But if you take a closer look, you'll know that after the crisis is before ...
It's a reassuring feeling when you open a toolbox in your own home and know: I can find what I need here. Whether for a small repair, an emergency or simply for everyday use - the right tool ...
Sometimes all it takes is a small moment to call into question what we take for granted in our everyday lives. A power cut that lasts longer than expected. An empty supermarket shelf after a storm warning. A strike that suddenly paralyzes entire supply chains. In most cases, such disruptions are harmless and ...
How do you plan for the unplannable? This question accompanies many people who start to deal with crisis preparedness. We know that storms can tear up power lines, that political crises can affect supply chains or that a simple technical fault in your own household can ...
When people talk about prepping, one image quickly comes to mind: People with bunkers full of canned food, meters of ammunition and an expectation that at some point the big bang will come - the total collapse, the proverbial „doomsday“. This image characterizes media reports, documentaries and often ...