[ARCHIVED THREAD] - DC panic buying (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/6/2010 10:05:29 PM EDT
Did this get posted yet? DC residents go apeshit over the snow and clear out a whole supermarket, veggies and everything. 
http://gawker.com/5465026/snowpocalypse-10-everybody-panic?skyline=true&s=i 
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Did this get posted yet? DC residents go apeshit over the snow and clear out a whole supermarket, veggies and everything.
http://gawker.com/5465026/snowpocalypse-10-everybody-panic?skyline=true&s=i http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2010/02/500x_custom_1265381882396_image.jpg Someone left a ham! |
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Did this get posted yet? DC residents go apeshit over the snow and clear out a whole supermarket, veggies and everything.
http://gawker.com/5465026/snowpocalypse-10-everybody-panic?skyline=true&s=i http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2010/02/500x_custom_1265381882396_image.jpg Someone left a ham! I wonder how much was stolen? |
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Did this get posted yet? DC residents go apeshit over the snow and clear out a whole supermarket, veggies and everything.
http://gawker.com/5465026/snowpocalypse-10-everybody-panic?skyline=true&s=i http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2010/02/500x_custom_1265381882396_image.jpg Someone left a ham! Must have been Muslim. |
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30" of snow here is like the end of the world. I'm guessing some people won't be dug out until Tuesday or later. The metro area state governments aren't equipped to deal with this amount of snow because we don't get anything like it. This storm came within an inch of a 100 year record.
A lot of the food shopping was to get Superbowl party food in advance. |
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I deliver tortillas to grocery stores, 2 weeks after christmas was a divergence empty fridges apparently, because the stores got hammered, out of milk etc.. just a coincidence....
That was my "scared straight" moment and have started serious prep habits, 20 cans of food a week extra, gonna build up the TP and water stash too in the attic, everywhere... what you see in that pic could have happened in mere hours. |
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Quoted: Quoted: How much you want to bet that space heaters and generators just barely saw an uptic in sales? Yeah they said some 200,000 out of power. A generator and a dozen jerricans of fuel would be a great idea, get some heat. I spent a couple decades in Colorado. The ones that survived their first winter never forgot how important warm blankets and flashlights are. By the third, everyone had a fireplace or some sort of space heater. I think frostbite is that absolute best cure for stupid that god ever invented. A serious "smite from jesus" blizzard would probably kill 3/4ths the people inside the beltway. |
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We have been darned lucky in my neck of the woods.
It is the snowiest recorded winter in the last eighty years but the snow never came more than six inches at any one time so it has been more than manageable even out here in the hinterland. Heck even our rural garbage service has made the rounds in all but one week and that's saying something! I wish the folks out around the beltway fare thee well. |
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30" of snow here is like the end of the world. I'm guessing some people won't be dug out until Tuesday or later. The metro area state governments aren't equipped to deal with this amount of snow because we don't get anything like it. This storm came within an inch of a 100 year record. A lot of the food shopping was to get Superbowl party food in advance. Contrary to news reports, 32" here in Gaithersburg, and we're dug out, as far as our vehicles are concerned, just waiting for the company contracted to plow our condo parking lot to send someone other than the one who came earlier tonight, I'm pretty sure by the job it was Stevie Wonder. We'll be venturing out tomorrow afternoon to survey the carnage. As far as the grocery stores, you had three factors to consider: 1) Epic winter storm, landlocking homeowners for 1-2 days 
2) Super Bowl Weekend 3) Most families in this area re-supply for the following week on Saturday and Sunday and figured they might not make it out on either day due to weather. So yeah...Snowmageddon sucked, and I've had enough snow this season to last a freakin' lifetime, bring on the Heat and Humidity. |
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OMG OMG OMG...were not gonna be able to get bread for two whole days...holy shit...it's the end of the world!!!! It's fucking snow, people  Exactly. Could you even imagine what would happen in a real emergency situation? This is why you prep (within reason) and keep it to yourself. |
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In the south, whenever snow is in the forecast, there is always a run on .....bread and milk.
Because without those two, you will surely die within 24 hours. I have thought of marketing a box of instant milk and a box of bisquick as the Ultimate Southern Snow Survival Kit. |
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30" of snow here is like the end of the world. I'm guessing some people won't be dug out until Tuesday or later. The metro area state governments aren't equipped to deal with this amount of snow because we don't get anything like it. This storm came within an inch of a 100 year record. A lot of the food shopping was to get Superbowl party food in advance. Good news dude, you're supposed to get hit again on tuesday, and again next saturday. The jury is still out on how much you are going to get, but the number 6 keeps coming up. The one forming up in the GoM for next weekend, will really be the one to watch. |
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Good news dude, you're supposed to get hit again on tuesday, and again next saturday. The jury is still out on how much you are going to get, but the number 6 keeps coming up. The one forming up in the GoM for next weekend, will really be the one to watch. I've heard 6-10 for Tuesday, next weekend is too early to call. There have been times we've been forecast for other "snowmageddons" where we've gotten a dusting, and other times dustings have turned into blizzards overnight. That said, we dug out yesterday even before it stopped snowing, and our street has been plowed. |
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In the south, whenever snow is in the forecast, there is always a run on .....bread and milk. Because without those two, you will surely die within 24 hours. I have thought of marketing a box of instant milk and a box of bisquick as the Ultimate Southern Snow Survival Kit. Syrup man, you forgot the syrup!!!!!!!!!! Quite honestly, one month of severe food distribution issues would have 1/2 the country rioting in the streets and looting just like Haiti. I'm in lots of basements as a part of my job. Few observations. Old people have a lot more food stashed then they will ever admit to. People who live out in the country [other then yuppie transplants] have a decent stash. Farmers.....need I say more? Welfare types, all crap short term food, no long term food laid back, lots of electronic crap though. Average middleage/class in the city, maybe a few weeks worth, mostly stuff no one really likes but it would keep you going. Younger city people, 3 cans of tomato paste/sauce and 4 things in the fridge, 3 of which are expired and growing on their own. Lots of fast food emptys in the trash. They might last 3 days before panic sets in. Single women, [single/divorced] lots of stuff to keep the cats going, mish mash of goofy food stuffs, most past expiration dates, they don't really have a clue what they have or don't have. Older Black couples, surprisingly, these people have it together better then most people think, they are nothing like the typical SBF with kids and 3 daddies somewhere or Caddy Escalade and nothing else but 10K in home theatre single Black guy, they usually have a pretty good stash and would do quite well for a while. They are also usually quite clean living which is a nice change. Unfortunately, they are a dying breed, because the next generation isn't anything like them. [gotta show off what you have, can't show off preps] Younger white couples, live off fast food/restaurant food/take home, nothing stored but a few cans of "gourmet" stuff, mushrooms, sauces and the like, like to shop every other day for easily perishable foods and buys in small quantities/high prices. Older single white guys, [usually divorced] are either prepared to last a while with a good assortment or would starve in a week as they eat out[ fast food ] most of the time, not much in between. |
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Good news dude, you're supposed to get hit again on tuesday, and again next saturday. The jury is still out on how much you are going to get, but the number 6 keeps coming up. The one forming up in the GoM for next weekend, will really be the one to watch. I've heard 6-10 for Tuesday, next weekend is too early to call. There have been times we've been forecast for other "snowmageddons" where we've gotten a dusting, and other times dustings have turned into blizzards overnight. That said, we dug out yesterday even before it stopped snowing, and our street has been plowed. The weather forcasting part happens everywhere. These days, a lot of it happens for ratings. In case it does happen, don't forget to clean off the roof. 3+ ft. of wet snow is a lot of weight. |
| I used to be stationed at Fort Meade, MD. I remember one snow we had, they raved about how big it was going to be. The roads were covered Monday morning. By Tuesday they were pretty much clear, and Wednesday through Friday they were clear and dry with sunny skies. They kept the schools closed all week anyway. |
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Looks like a commie supermarket in Moscow from 1983. 
I'll bet you young guys don't remember seeing those reports on TV, right? I do. 
Family friends hosted an exchange student from the USSR in the early '80s. She was completely blown away by her first trip to the supermarket, and one of her first questions there was "how do you know what you're allowed to buy?" |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looks like a commie supermarket in Moscow from 1983. I'll bet you young guys don't remember seeing those reports on TV, right? I do. Family friends hosted an exchange student from the USSR in the early '80s. She was completely blown away by her first trip to the supermarket, and one of her first questions there was "how do you know what you're allowed to buy?" And that's what will soon come to Amerika. Gee, what will Michelle Obama let me buy today that won't make fat. |
| its typical i lived there in 96 and the same thing happened. Schools were closed for a week but the snow was gone in 3 days. We got about an inch of snow here in Houston a few months ago and it was worse. The now was gone by lunch time but some people were acting like it was the Rapture. |
For us it was actually a pretty decent snow event. The road crews were right on it and most people around here are pretty good at driving in it anyway. We got about 12-15" here. I had a friend that came by Friday night that got stuck in my driveway because I hadn't plowed it yet, but that was no big deal either. We spent the evening watching movies and got it out the next day when we plowed.  You can see his car in the background all helpless and what not. 
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The people in MD are more dangerous then the snow itself roger fucking that! The assholes take this weather as a challenge to come out and test their non driving skills! remember, these are the same fuckstains that get in accidents in perfect conditions, just out of the blue. I wish I could cull the herd so to speak, this state needs to be purged! 
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Bloom down the road had plenty of milk, eggs, TP, salad, etc. Bread aisle was bare. Folks at the store said that resupply is hit or miss. Took the wife's car, got gas, and food run, roads are ok once you get out of the neighborhoods. Helps to have snow tires on her car 
PS: Yes I remember seeing pics of Moscow food/bread lines. Monday and Tuesday ought to be exciting in DC
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And yet the Giant right down the road from me was re-stocked by the next morning. Yep! we've got one less than 1/4 mile and it was stocked to the hilt on Thursday evening, and Friday afternoon when I stopped off for last minute "essentials" needed for a Super Bowl party I'm headed to this afternoon. |
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30" of snow here is like the end of the world. I'm guessing some people won't be dug out until Tuesday or later. The metro area state governments aren't equipped to deal with this amount of snow because we don't get anything like it. This storm came within an inch of a 100 year record. A lot of the food shopping was to get Superbowl party food in advance. Good news dude, you're supposed to get hit again on tuesday, and again next saturday. The jury is still out on how much you are going to get, but the number 6 keeps coming up. The one forming up in the GoM for next weekend, will really be the one to watch. I broke the main drive belt on my John Deere tractor while trying to plow. Monday is my "get and install a replacement" day. I did it once 10 years ago and it was a bear.  
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