For those thousands of people in Cornwall without electricity today as a result of Storm Austen, it might seem too late to be talking about preparing for possible emergencies.
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But the government wants Britons to become more resilient and able to cope during future emergencies.
The range of potential threats are bewildering - so how best should people prepare?
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