Am I the only one panicking and hoarding?

[Anonymous]

You have your base of stocked up goods. Just shop for things you typically use when they are on sale. Remember to keep the stock rotated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, are you guys all worried about a nuclear attack? I’m not, but if you are and you want to plan for it you need a goodly stick of food that needs no heating or cooking and water (a month). If that happens you’ll be in your basement with no electricity and no way to make a fire, because you won’t be able to vent it to the outside (all cracks etc need to be sealed with plastic to prevent radiation getting in).

That’s a whole other level of planning and worry! Unwarranted, I think.

I *think* think OP was worried about inflation? (If so, I’m not sure she understands inflation). The other preppers seem worried about something else. Though I’m not sure what.

I made my suggestions based on basic emergency preparedness. As to the rest, or some of the rest, many of us were startled by the empty shelves two years ago, coupled with this current, second round of rising prices. As someone who used to shop when I needed things, I will probably always have extra toilet paper and enough food that doesn’t require cooking to last a few days.

[Anonymous]

I'm buying a few extras each week. Last week I bought canned beans and a big jar of peanut butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What has you panicking and stocking up on food, OP? My family of three and a dog is not stocking up - normal supplies in the house. We’d run out of food we like to eat in a week and could survive on the cans in the back of the shelf for another couple weeks, I’m sure.

The grocery store is open and there is food on the shelves. I don’t think that is changing in the coming weeks.

You might be right. I hope you are. But rising gas prices coupled with war in Europe could easily have an impact on the availability of shipping, what gets shipped, and, certainly the costs of shipping, which will be reflected in what’s on the shelves and what’s not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What has you panicking and stocking up on food, OP? My family of three and a dog is not stocking up - normal supplies in the house. We’d run out of food we like to eat in a week and could survive on the cans in the back of the shelf for another couple weeks, I’m sure.

The grocery store is open and there is food on the shelves. I don’t think that is changing in the coming weeks.

You might be right. I hope you are. But rising gas prices coupled with war in Europe could easily have an impact on the availability of shipping, what gets shipped, and, certainly the costs of shipping, which will be reflected in what’s on the shelves and what’s not.

I’m PP you responded to. Sure, that’s true. And if you adore a certain brand or specific food item and it would be a problem if it went away, I can see being super proactive about making sure you’ll never run out of it. But there WILL be food on the shelves even if a wider war in Europe breaks out. I don’t see being without meat, or broccoli, or any one thing as an emergency I need to avoid. If there are only dry beans but no canned on the grocery shelf, or sweet potatoes and not white, or rice flour but no wheat flour…whatever. That’s what we’ll eat.

I do indeed love my particular brands of coffee and chocolate. Maybe it’s worth hoarding those! Some things are IMPORTANT.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anyone who went hungry in March 2020.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basic first aid supplies. Extra month of prescriptions.

I bought a small battery-powered radio & batteries. I have some foods that don’t need to be heated.

Fill up gas when tank gets half full.

What are you prepping for? Sounds like you think a hurricane may hit DC.

Just good things to have on hand for variety of scenarios.

Also cash.

So you never let your car go lower than a half a tank? Like ever in your life? This is really impressive. My car is screaming at me every couple weeks for being so low.

I’ve also lived in DC almost 20 years and never lost power, so maybe I just don’t get the preppers. Even during snowmageddon (2009 maybe?), we never lost power and you could still find groceries.

We lost power for 5 days during the derecho and we had no cash/food at home. And a newborn. So I guess that experience made me want to be a little more prepared in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corn and wheat will go ip since Ukraine is a larger producer of both. Everything else will go up proportionally to given rising costs of fuel.

Why do we need Ukraine to provide wheat and corn for the US?

[Anonymous]

if you are rich and seriously don't care; stop reading.

If you are concerned, for anything, prepping is done in rules of 3. 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months of food, water, shelter, light.

Start with 3 days b/c we could have a bad wind storm and stuff goes out or protesters could block up roads. Sure, you can survive on what's in your pantry but would it be balanced? If water stops flowing or is "bad" for whatever reason, a single mom and a kid would need 6G. Just go buy that. The three days should not require cooking so think of canned things you like, get a box of shelf stable milk or similar for breakfast. DOn't forget the canned fruit/veg.

1 person uses 1G of water a day. <-- really important.

I'm prepping for the grid, electrical, digital, to go down. Also, we will have food shortages again because of what Russia did to the Ukrainian farm fields and they might not adequately farm theres. Also, Russia supplies a lot of world oil so that might inflate many prices.

So, like in covid, we need to prep for there to be lots of pasta sauce on the shelves, but no pasta.

Inflation is coming too. If you are not wealthy and your food budget is tight, invest in large quantities of what you might need. If you like beans and rice, get 20 pounds of both.

Yes, I'm prepped. 3 months. That's b/c we live in DC. We are a target for a current war even if that is a cyber war. But we are also in DC. Civil unrest might lock us in our houses. Who knows. I like to be ready and don't think I"m paranoid.

That said, I did live most of my life in a region where we were often cut off b/c of weather events so the 2 week prep was just how I was raised.

Happy to answer questions but y'all be nice. None of this might happen. Then you'll be right. In fact, you are right right now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basic first aid supplies. Extra month of prescriptions.

I bought a small battery-powered radio & batteries. I have some foods that don’t need to be heated.

Fill up gas when tank gets half full.

What are you prepping for? Sounds like you think a hurricane may hit DC.

Just good things to have on hand for variety of scenarios.

Also cash.

So you never let your car go lower than a half a tank? Like ever in your life? This is really impressive. My car is screaming at me every couple weeks for being so low.

I’ve also lived in DC almost 20 years and never lost power, so maybe I just don’t get the preppers. Even during snowmageddon (2009 maybe?), we never lost power and you could still find groceries.

NP here - I always fill up at a half tank. There are a million reasons you might need to drive somewhere in a hurry, including normal stuff like family emergency or helping a friend. To say nothing of random traffic jams because of weather or trucker convoys or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basic first aid supplies. Extra month of prescriptions.

I bought a small battery-powered radio & batteries. I have some foods that don’t need to be heated.

Fill up gas when tank gets half full.

Insurance doesn’t permit stocking up on prescriptions…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basic first aid supplies. Extra month of prescriptions.

I bought a small battery-powered radio & batteries. I have some foods that don’t need to be heated.

Fill up gas when tank gets half full.

Insurance doesn’t permit stocking up on prescriptions…

Pay out of pocket. Our prescriptions are generic & cheap.

[Anonymous]

I'm not panicking but I have a full shelf stable larder. I hope you have a generator and lots of fuel if you are going to keep all that frozen stuff, frozen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basic first aid supplies. Extra month of prescriptions.

I bought a small battery-powered radio & batteries. I have some foods that don’t need to be heated.

Fill up gas when tank gets half full.

Insurance doesn’t permit stocking up on prescriptions…

Pay out of pocket. Our prescriptions are generic & cheap.

My doctors wont authorize advance stock ups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basic first aid supplies. Extra month of prescriptions.

I bought a small battery-powered radio & batteries. I have some foods that don’t need to be heated.

Fill up gas when tank gets half full.

What are you prepping for? Sounds like you think a hurricane may hit DC.

Just good things to have on hand for variety of scenarios.

Also cash.

So you never let your car go lower than a half a tank? Like ever in your life? This is really impressive. My car is screaming at me every couple weeks for being so low.

I’ve also lived in DC almost 20 years and never lost power, so maybe I just don’t get the preppers. Even during snowmageddon (2009 maybe?), we never lost power and you could still find groceries.

VA lost power serval times this winter. Consider yourself lucky.