“The best day of your life you don’t need them, and in 10 years you’re like, ah, I wasted a thousand bucks or whatever and you throw it out,” he said on Oct. 26.
On “The Dan Bongino Show,” he cited warnings from the UK and other countries about being prepared for emergencies. He recommended emergency radios, batteries, food, and water filtration supplies. Preparing ahead, he said, could help families reduce anxiety and panic during an emergency.
“There is nothing wrong with being prepared,” he said. “It’s not panicking or anything like that.”
Bongino emphasized the importance of readiness amid growing uncertainty. “There’s a lot of things going on right now,” he said, referencing violent demonstrations in France and President Donald Trump’s warnings about mass immigration and border security.
FORTRESS America
His comments followed an Oct. 25 Fox News report that Pentagon documents call for major U.S. military installations to sustain essential operations for at least 90 days without outside support.
“FORTRESS is strategic deterrence in action, ensuring our defenses are hardened, proactive, and ready,” Parnell said in an X post sharing the article. FORTRESS stands for Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability.
Be Ready Campaign
Meanwhile, the UK government launched its updated Be Ready campaign on Oct. 22, advising households to keep three days’ worth of bottled water and nonperishable food in case emergencies disrupt everyday services, according to a written parliamentary statement from Security Minister Dan Jarvis.
“The storms last winter and the wildfires this summer have shown how severe weather events can cause disruption to our everyday lives and impact the services we rely on, like phones, power, water and the internet,” the statement said.
Households Urged to Stockpile
In Japan, Disaster Management Minister Goshi Hosono said he plans to issue an urgent request Nov. 2 for residents, government ministries, and all prefectures to strengthen disaster preparations, coinciding with the launch of the country’s new disaster management agency, according to his interview with Fuji TV, published by FNN on Oct. 27.
Hosono urged households to keep at least three days’ worth of food, water, and toilet supplies, preferably enough for a week, so they can manage without government assistance.
He cited preparations for a potential Nankai Trough megaquake, an earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area, major earthquakes along the Kuril and Japan trenches, and a Mount Fuji eruption.
