Policy

Editorial policy

Purpose

We help UK households plan for disruption using official guidance first, then practical criteria, then optional product examples linked through Amazon Associates.

Sources

Prefer UK government Prepare materials, Ready Scotland, Met Office, Environment Agency / SEPA, Red Cross and other statutory or recognised public sources. Global uncertainty appears only with a dated, citable frame—never as prophecy.

Evidence labels

• Official guidance — paraphrase of government or agency advice with a link.
• Desk research — specifications and standards without a physical test.
• Firsthand test — author-used item with method notes; not presented as desk research.
• Reader tip — moderated, unverified reader input.
• Ad — affiliate or other advertising, labelled before engagement.

What we won't publish

Weapons recommendations, invented urgency, panic-buying prompts, or conflation of Scottish and England/Wales flood systems.

Corrections

Email the editors. Significant factual corrections are updated on the page with a revised date where practical.