Is it just me or is there kind of a feeling of a sort of impending doom in the air lately?
The government has advised every citizen to keep emergency supplies of water and long-life
food to improve the country's resilience in the face of increasing threats.
It's really important that we ask households and businesses, are they prepared?
Are they ready?
We've got a metal chest, which we keep our non-perishable food in.
We've got filing cabinets, which we keep our jars of jams and chutneys.
Is this the end of the world as we know it?
And should we all be filling our filing cabinets with jam in preparation?
A couple of weeks ago, the UK government launched a national Be Ready campaign,
urging people here to keep enough food, water and medicine in their houses to prepare for three days of disruption,
as well as having torches, power banks and cash at hand in their home.
This is set off alarm bells for some Americans.
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck said the warnings are assigned that Americans should, quote, prepare for impact.
Europe.
They are preparing.
They are telling their people to prepare, have food, water.
But there are some people for whom this isn't news.
It's vindication.
And they're preppers, a movement of people