What simple preparations can ordinary families make if there is a war in modern society?

For ordinary people and families, once they encounter war, there is almost no good choice, because I have experienced that feeling of helplessness too much. I have visited too many ordinary families, refugees who have left their homes, and armed soldiers in war zones in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although ordinary people have no priority, once faced with war, there is a considerable difference between being prepared and not being prepared:

It is very important to keep the information flowing. Don't think about the internet, TV and mobile phone that we can't live without in our daily life. Because both warring parties in today's war are well aware of the importance of blocking information to attack each other's opponents, when the war breaks out for the first time, it will definitely destroy each other's networks, wireless signals and TV towers. Therefore, when the war broke out, the radio, which has almost disappeared in modern families, is often the only channel for families to obtain external information. Because radio broadcasting spreads widely, even the base stations of wireless transmission are far away from the country, so this is the only unstoppable signal between the warring parties. ?

As for mobile phones, televisions and the Internet, I'd better give up my delusion, because I am in a global war zone. Apart from the maritime satellites we carry, the only way to get information from the outside world is wireless broadcasting, and knowing is often the only way for ordinary families to save their lives. If the battlefield advances to your home tomorrow and you don't notice it, the fate of waiting can be imagined. And the information heard on the radio is often relatively objective, because it may come from a distant third party.

Storing fuel is more important than other substances. Once the war is over, fuel will often be expropriated by the executors of the war, that is, the warring parties, and the fuel of ordinary families will give way to the war. For example, in Libya, a country where oil is cheaper than water in peacetime, all gas stations were closed overnight when the war broke out. Even if they are closed, it is useless. Armed men will forcibly open all gas stations and then plunder all fuel. In modern society, the family's means of transportation are often all kinds of cars. The car is out of gas, that is, you know the danger is coming, but you can't move a step. As for electric new energy vehicles, don't consider it, because power stations and transmission facilities are also the first infrastructure destroyed by both sides of the war. Therefore, fuel can not only help families escape, but also be used for cooking.

It is also very important to keep some cash at the beginning of the war. Modern society uses electronic payment more and more, but what many people don't think is, once the telecom is interrupted and there is no electricity, how will you turn on your mobile phone for electronic payment? In fact, an inexperienced China war correspondent once played a joke: he took a bank card with a lot of dollars in it to cover the war in Libya, only to find that he couldn't take out a dime, because the bank had been closed for a long time, and the ATM would still work? This is a joke that only journalists who have lived in a peaceful environment for a long time will make. Many things that are taken for granted in a peaceful environment are often impossible in a war. So at the beginning of the war, saving some cash is more important than anything else.

A certain amount of drugs should be prepared to treat trauma. The consequences of war are many accidental injuries, most of which are trauma. After the outbreak of war, armed men will quickly requisition medicines from hospitals, shops and all possible drug storage places, so medicines will soon be used up, and families should be prepared to help their families.

Drinking water and storable food are very important. War will lead to a shortage of drinking water and run out of food. If you don't make certain preparations, even if you have money, you won't have these life-sustaining water and food.

As for the rest, escape, as far away from the war zone as possible, because modern warfare is more lethal and more likely to cause collateral casualties.