Mum asks for advice on how to prepare for nuclear war… but is cruelly mocked for thinking she could survive in her cellar with ‘packets of cous cous’
A MUM who asked for advice on how to prepare for nuclear war has been cruelly mocked after she said she planned to survive in her cellar with packets of cous cous.
The woman said that she already had a "prepper stash" which she had started late last year but wanted to be even more prepared.
And taking to , she explained how she had been stockpiling camping gear as well as 50 litres of bottle water, tinned food as well as cous cous in the cellar under her house.
But with the threat of nuclear war after a war of words between US president Donald Trump and North Korea dictator Kim Jong-Un, she was worried the cellar wouldn't be enough.
She wrote: "The cellar gets damp and has air bricks in it i.e. holes in the walls to let fresh air in. I guess I need to hang covers on the walls near the air bricks which I can put in place to seal the place up if we know there is going to be fallout. Any ideas how to do this?
"What sort of materials should I use given that I can't really stick massive bits of stone or brick to the wall? How to best get them air tight?
"Am I right in thinking that fallout is like dust, so will blow in and settle on things much like dust does? But a cotton sheet, for example, isn't enough to protect against it - would it go through a sheet or destroy the sheet?
"Anything to help me visualise the stuff please, I can't get my head around it. I assume it is invisible?
"I also need more ideas for non-perishable things to eat cold please, although if the electricity is still on I may be able to bring the microwave down there on an extension lead.
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"Don't know if I should assume I'd be able to pop back up to the kitchen for things like that or not..."
But other Mumsnet members poked fun at her plan and even questioned why she would want to survive nuclear fallout.
One mum asked: "This for real?"
Another said: "Are you sure you would want to survive a nuclear fallout? "
One forum member mockingly wrote: "Hey, you could get peckish while you're waiting for it to kick off?"
While another pointed out: "Your cellar won't protect you against nuclear fallout."
But despite the taunts, there were some other Mumsnet users who were also wanting to take precautions.
Including one who said: "You are right there, do the best with the knowledge, skills and resources available to you."
Previously, we told you about another Mumsnet thread, where a mum shared a list of holiday complaints from her "miserable b*****d husband".
We also revealed how a husband insisted his wife wear a bra on weekends even though she doesn't want to.
