I did not heard the story of the dutch preparing for this. I guess if some are preparing thats good, because most of the dutch people still believe that when something goes wrong the goverment will make the neccesary arrangements.

And I must admit that in most situations they are doing a good job, but once in a while you see that "restoring life to normal" takes somewhat more time, as in a broken powerline wich broke due to snowfall a couple of years ago or more recent, an apache who broke a powerline during a flight.

Everything was restored in a couple of days and no life was in danger, but still it was a nuisance.

But what if some things go wrong at the same time, and with bigger magnitude ?