Candles, Batteries, Milk, Bread and Water Thread!

[BigFish]

Got them?? From last time they pressed the panic button?? I am laying in a supply of extra firewood! Think we are gonna get it?? Don't want to hear any excuses about the storm hurting the opening weekend for Avatar!

[TheSpecialist]

I saw fist of fury at the super market tonight.

[mikecc]

BEER

[Swimmer]

Reports of mean people scurrying around my town today are rampant. Gas pump mayhem, checkout counter brou ha ha's abound.

[PRBuzz]

There was peace and tranquility at the BEER store this morning, shelves fully stocked and no lines.

[Katie]

9am this morning, stop and shop gas pumps were packed! local market was also packed. Shelves were still stocked though, but it was early. We're ready, bring it on!

[Slingah]

I've been waiting around all day for the dragonlady so we can run a few errands.....leaving in an hour ....should be lots of pleasant people abound by then...I'll just stroll along and try not to get a fight with anyone (including the dragonlady)
It's the most wonderful time of the year!......not.

[Saltheart]

Checkout line brewhahs....i am convinced that in a real crisis society would break down in minutes.

I always have some tuna and Dinty Moore stew on hand.

[maddog2020]

No one at the pumps last night ~10 pm.


Storm => bring it baby!

I love snow!

[The Iceman 6]

Snowing real good in NY right now.

[striperman36]

No snow in MA, yet

[Mike P]

On Saturday, every gas station in Buzzards Bay had cars lined up 5 deep at the pumps. Most of those cars spent the rest of Saturday and all day yesterday sitting in driveways. The emergency preparedness manuals tell you to fill your gas tank, but that's for people who may be on the roads during the storm, and who may get stranded and run their heater. Even so, at idle, you burn less than a gallon per hour. But everyone still flocks to the pumps because 'the book says so".

People who hardly ever drink milk buy two extra gallons. Half of it probably goes bad before it gets used.

Most people have enough dry and canned food on hand to survive weeks. We must have at least 10 packages of pasta in the shelves. I have half a peck of quahogs in the basement.

We have 20 pounds of flour in the house if we have a cup--you can bake better bread than you can buy.

Most gas stoves don't need power to be lighted--you can light most burners and ovens with a match. Even if they can't be, most people have gas grills.

Water? Your toilet tank holds enough to keep you alive until they get the power back on, if your water supply requires electrical power.

People who live in places where they get real snow laugh their asses off at southern New Englanders and NY/NJ people who flock to stores like lemmings just because some talking head on the news tells them to buy extra milk and bread, and fill their gas tanks.

[fishbones]

I was out and about on Sat evening and realized I needed gas, so I pulled into the Mobil on the way home. Right as I pulled in, I realized the lines were 2 to 3 cars deep at the pumps that were working. Two of the pumps weren't even working.

Not one to wait in line for gas, I drove directly across the street to the full serve station and paid 2 cents less per gallon.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

I was out and about on Sat evening and realized I needed gas, so I pulled into the Mobil on the way home. Right as I pulled in, I realized the lines were 2 to 3 cars deep at the pumps that were working. Two of the pumps weren't even working.

Not one to wait in line for gas, I drove directly across the street to the full serve station and paid 2 cents less per gallon.

I'm guessing you were at the corner of Bay St and Rt106. I always wondered why that gas station was full serve and almost always cheaper than the mobil and shell stations. Usually seems like full serve is at least .05-.06 more than stations in the area.

[ElSluggo]

At least if the power goes out this time of year the beer stays cold.

[MarshCappa]

Yea Southern New Englanders are pretty much panzies compared to the highlanders. When I was out in CO years ago I stayed in a town called Leadville and those people knew how to handle winter and altitute! This past weekend was a dusting compared to out west.