Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks
How to make a headline from boring stuff...:<p>&quot;oblige&quot; and &quot;required&quot; are pretty strong words for what can&#x27;t be more than a recommendation. (&quot;Die Bevölkerung <i>wird angehalten</i>, einen individuellen Vorrat [...]&quot; is the German quote, which I&#x27;d maybe translate as &quot;the public <i>is asked to</i>&quot;)<p>Also, as far as I can tell from the news reports, the report and it&#x27;s recommendations are about general disaster preparedness, not terrorism or other attacks specifically. The stockpile recommendations also are nothing new, and I suspect they&#x27;ll be ignored in the future just as much as they are now. People in areas with bad-ish infrastructure or regular emergencies (floodings, ...) will be prepared, others less so. I suspect civil defense authorities in most countries have similar recommendations.<p>The headline as it stands is highly misleading.