<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Slightly Anxious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disaster preparedness for the UK. Amazon affiliate and retails own services]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:20:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.slightlyanxious.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The nation just panic-bought exactly what's already in our grab bag]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author: Slightly Anxious    Date: 2nd November 2026    Time to read: 6 minutes Slightly Anxious is here to help you turn any crisis into a manageable adventure — for you and everyone you care about. Well, that escalated quickly Two weeks ago, the government asked Britain to keep three days of food, water and a torch in the cupboard. This week, Iceland's tinned food sales are up by around 40%, Maplin can't keep torches on the shelf — sales have nearly quadrupled in a matter of days — and one...]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/the-nation-just-panic-bought-exactly-what-s-already-in-our-grab-bag</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae86f75e054e17cb96ea562</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:08:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_8e7ef427c661408c82f00fccf1b2e1b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government has finally caught up with us on stockpiling. Almost.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author: Slightly Anxious 	 Date: 26th October 2026 	 Time to read: 4 minutes Slightly Anxious is here to help you turn any crisis into a manageable adventure — for you and everyone you care about. The Cabinet Office launched its new Be Ready campaign on the twenty-second of October, encouraging every household in the country to keep three days' worth of supplies in case of an emergency. We have been saying seven for over a year. Here is why that is not a contradiction, what the campaign...]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/the-government-has-finally-caught-up-with-us-on-stockpiling-almost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6adf4bef560458df8e9146f6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:47:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_7feb37145947437eae177044ae65bec2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turns out, Britain is quietly becoming Slightly Anxious too]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author: Slightly Anxious 	Date: 19th October 2026 	Time to read: 6 minutes Slightly Anxious is here to help you turn any crisis into a manageable adventure — for you and everyone you care about. A lawyer in Manchester, 25 litres of water in the attic The Sunday Times ran a feature this weekend on ordinary households quietly stocking up against disruption. No bunkers, no biohazard suits — just a lawyer called Sarah Hunt, 29, keeping 25 litres of bottled water in her Manchester attic, a few...]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/turns-out-britain-is-quietly-becoming-slightly-anxious-too</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad5ebee5b0b12ce936d2f0f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_581a9cc9cfcf4a79bf2ef8b4e079f718~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain is short of water, and still at risk of flooding, in the same week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten water companies now have hosepipe bans running at once, covering roughly thirty million people, and two million English households don't know they're at flood risk. Both are true in the same week, and neither cancels the other out.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/britain-is-short-of-water-and-still-at-risk-of-flooding-in-the-same-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac397e2f42c05251bc2d69c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:04:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_8b18718efe3a4764993e5094a147d9c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cash, custard and a booklet in the post: what this week's emergency advice left out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two cabinet ministers and an Irish booklet all told us what to keep for an emergency. None of them said how much. Here are the numbers, plus a comfort box.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/cash-custard-and-a-booklet-in-the-post-what-this-week-s-emergency-advice-left-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abfdbe21bab6ecf4e2f883e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_c6eeddfd0aa84039bc85fec2a8216d40~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a drought, a wildfire warning and two burst pipes all happened in the same week]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hosepipe ban, two burst mains and a wildfire warning all landed in the same week, and none of them needed to be a headline disaster to matter.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/how-a-drought-a-wildfire-warning-and-two-burst-pipes-all-happened-in-the-same-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aba6c1114eeeb87d4d0adc4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_e20b80af1e2e4a5b8c0208a45fe34487~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[September is Preparedness Month — and we like where this is going]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author: Slightly Anxious 	Date: 14th September 2026  Time to read: 6 minutes Slightly Anxious is here to help you turn any crisis into a manageable adventure — for you and everyone you care about. September has quietly become the month the UK gets organised about the things it would rather not think about, and this year Slightly Anxious is delighted to be piggybacking on it! What #30days30waysUK actually is #30days30waysUK is a UK-wide community campaign that runs through September — National...]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/september-is-preparedness-month-and-we-like-where-this-is-going</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aacf20da365c011f9cf5876</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:04:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_be6fa809d49340c188c9b81a89e0f6c1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_752,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden's had this leaflet for years. Britain's government is still drafting it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sweden posts a preparedness booklet to every household. Finland runs 72 Hours. Britain promised the same back in July and there's still no date. Here's why we're not waiting for the leaflet.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/sweden-s-had-this-leaflet-for-years-britain-s-government-is-still-drafting-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa16772a7420cfacc407bc1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:04:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_a7d0d8a2757e449592d398828d81d908~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the rain did not fix it, and why it flooded instead]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hosepipe ban and a flood warning in the same week is not a contradiction. Months of dry weather bake the ground hard, so a downpour runs off instead of soaking in. Here is what that means for your house, and the twenty minutes that will save you the most trouble.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/why-the-rain-did-not-fix-it-and-why-it-flooded-instead</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c339a4e12adafbf7f42e1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_dc58da7a9ca1428183c028eeec5f5bc7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your phone screamed at you on Friday. Here's what that actually was.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Friday 14th August the government sent an Emergency Alert to every phone in England and Wales — the most extensive use of the system ever for a live incident. Here is what that noise actually was, whether the government was right to send it, and why you should not switch it off.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/your-phone-screamed-at-you-on-friday-here-s-what-that-actually-was</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a82f7b00d24f7afd0f54514</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_62833c038b7640de83857a27a3f3d91a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bottled water is not a water plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[A burst main in Tonbridge left 2,500 homes queuing at bottled water stations, and a 99-year-old woman who could not lift the bottles she was given. In the driest July England has ever recorded, here is the gap between the help you will be offered and the help you can use.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/bottled-water-is-not-a-water-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a79ca9a7c5079fa38d7b125</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_cdecef8a6de144e8958a79500e32885c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hosepipe ban is not a water cut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half of England is officially in drought and 40% of us are under a hosepipe ban. Your taps are fine. 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The festival-goer is the best-rehearsed evacuee in the country — and here is what the rest of us should borrow.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/slightly-anxious-salutes-the-festival-goer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a71d1c0e1b75da43ec0ccf4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_cde22757893846c7a20059d7d6524a38~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two hundred pages of things that might go wrong, and the six that reach your house]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cabinet Office has published the 2026 National Risk Register. We have read all two hundred pages so you do not have to — and six of the risks end up in your kitchen.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/two-hundred-pages-of-things-that-might-go-wrong-and-the-six-that-reach-your-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a71d1c574012f5a96fa77e5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:03:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_3037a4c9c2584353ad8a699cf667fd94~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot, dry and slightly anxious: the summer the taps got interesting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three heatwaves, hosepipe bans covering 11 million of us, and wildfire risk rated exceptional. None of it is the apocalypse. 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Here is what it actually means for your house.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/the-government-would-like-you-to-be-slightly-anxious-too</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a71d1c2d9c2f27b9b1505d4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_ef94e957a2bf4bcdb2441231e924046e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government's about to tell you to get ready. We got there first.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cabinet Office is preparing a public information campaign telling households to keep tinned food, water, a torch and a radio at home. We explain why Slightly Anxious's own ten-litre water rule goes further, and what to buy before the campaign even launches.]]></description><link>https://www.slightlyanxious.com/post/the-government-s-about-to-tell-you-to-get-ready-we-got-there-first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a96e1072b7d983ea876e479</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:02:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/787756_7b7009dbbc60469d913233296d00b841~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Slightly Anxious</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>