Stocking the cupboards in the event of a pandemic in the USA

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve stocked up - fortunately I can afford to do it. I’ve bought things like 10 lbs rice, big container oatmeal, dried lentils, tuna, PB and pancake mix. If this hopefully all blows over, I’ll donate the stash to a food bank.

Seriously, what did this cost?

Not PP, but I'd guess that I spent ~$500 in groceries and various supplies. All things we typically use so it won't go to waste. We were out of a few things (advil, etc.) so it was good to stock up anyway.

We have been horribly unprepared for other emergencies in the past so we feel more comfortable having something on hand in general.

We spent about the same so far. But most were spent on non-food purchases like shampoo, soap, tooth pastes, floss, light bulbs, feminine supplies, detergent. Thought was that not only will the stores here will run out, but the supply chain in China will be disrupted for a long time. China makes everything. It's time we shift factories into other geographical areas. There's always some funky diseases coming out of China.

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Oy I don’t know about stock market but if all this food shopping is not like Christmas all over again .... just this will keep economy leveled. Pyramids of food..everywhere.

If for so e reason comes to worse and this thing mutates and we all die.. all.. die.. then o e day aliens will be walking h
Door too door and wondering...hmmm.. all dead..next to piles and piles of food... must have run out of water....

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Anonymous wrote:If you have kids in college, are you telling them to prep a little? I venmo'd my 19 yo some cash and a list and told her to go to Target.

When a hurricane threatened my kid's college, they just declared in the morning that they were closing the dorms at noon and that students should activate their "personal emergency evacuation plan" . You might want to check if your kid wrote such a plan, and prepare yourself to drive and collect them if they are close, or make alternative arrangements if they are studying far away.

I just checked the personal emergency evacuation plan section of a well-known university's website, and its first sentence says that in the event of something like pandemic influenza the university would close. You should check the guidelines for your daughter's college.

So is anyone telling their college kids to prep?

Does, the, prepping, EVER stop on DCUM..

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain powdered milk? Is it for drinking - just add water?

- not a prepper but need lattes to survive

My mom used to buy this in the 1980s because, she claimed, she didn't want us to drink milk from "Chernobyl" cows. But really, she was just CHEAP. Yes. You mix it like Koolaid. Its nasty.

Its probably more for adding to baked goods or upping the caloric content of other foods rather than drinking...

I vaguely recall tv ads in the 60s for carnation powdered milk as in drinking it. My parents went thru a stretch where they bought it in bulk and would mix it half and half with regular milk so it would taste better, has a kind of cooked milk flavor otherwise. I've used it to make homemade hot cocoa/chocolate milk mix, once on a long train trip to the west coast where I was too broke to buy food on the train for myself and my 5 yo.

My mom went on a powered milk/budget kick in the 1970s, it was awful! We also had a goat for a while, maybe that's an option?

We also occasionally had to drink powdered milk and had a goat in the 70s. His name was Merlin. I have no idea what my parents were thinking.

Thinking? Dude! If it was 70s AND they had a goat named MERLIN and were on powder milk diet, there was no thinking.. you do the math... or meth...

[Anonymous]

Bought some additional non-perishable food items and toiletries yesterday. Ensured that my family has an adequate stockpile of medications in place. I see nothing wrong with making some common-sense preparations now. Looking ahead, I’d rather be slightly oversupplied and giving some food and toiletry items back to the local shelter, instead of being undersupplied and scrambling to find basic necessities. Unfortunately, we still have no clue about the true impact this virus will have on the public health and economy of the country.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain powdered milk? Is it for drinking - just add water?

- not a prepper but need lattes to survive

My mom used to buy this in the 1980s because, she claimed, she didn't want us to drink milk from "Chernobyl" cows. But really, she was just CHEAP. Yes. You mix it like Koolaid. Its nasty.

Its probably more for adding to baked goods or upping the caloric content of other foods rather than drinking...

I vaguely recall tv ads in the 60s for carnation powdered milk as in drinking it. My parents went thru a stretch where they bought it in bulk and would mix it half and half with regular milk so it would taste better, has a kind of cooked milk flavor otherwise. I've used it to make homemade hot cocoa/chocolate milk mix, once on a long train trip to the west coast where I was too broke to buy food on the train for myself and my 5 yo.

My mom went on a powered milk/budget kick in the 1970s, it was awful! We also had a goat for a while, maybe that's an option?

:yes .definitely an option, especially in a one bedroom apartment with a green shag rug.

[Anonymous]

The cashier at the grocery store didn’t seem to know what I was talking about when I explained to her why I was buying some giant bags of rice. I don’t think most people in the general population are worrying the way we do here on dcum. My co-workers and others I’ve queried (friends, extended family) aren’t really giving it a thought at this point. It’s interesting.

I think I am giving myself added stress by reading this health forum daily right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember petfood as well.

We'll just eat our pets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Oy I don’t know about stock market but if all this food shopping is not like Christmas all over again .... just this will keep economy leveled. Pyramids of food..everywhere.

If for so e reason comes to worse and this thing mutates and we all die.. all.. die.. then o e day aliens will be walking h
Door too door and wondering...hmmm.. all dead..next to piles and piles of food... must have run out of water....

Space Aliens in this area will then wonder...is the amazon effect now over?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cashier at the grocery store didn’t seem to know what I was talking about when I explained to her why I was buying some giant bags of rice. I don’t think most people in the general population are worrying the way we do here on dcum. My co-workers and others I’ve queried (friends, extended family) aren’t really giving it a thought at this point. It’s interesting.

I think I am giving myself added stress by reading this health forum daily right now.

Sounds like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cashier at the grocery store didn’t seem to know what I was talking about when I explained to her why I was buying some giant bags of rice. I don’t think most people in the general population are worrying the way we do here on dcum. My co-workers and others I’ve queried (friends, extended family) aren’t really giving it a thought at this point. It’s interesting.

I think I am giving myself added stress by reading this health forum daily right now.

I don't think that most people on DCUM are "prepping". Do you prep for the flu virus every year? You are just one of the masses letting the media fuel your anxiety (are you going to vote for trump next?). Better off to just get on some anti-anxiety meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bought some additional non-perishable food items and toiletries yesterday. Ensured that my family has an adequate stockpile of medications in place. I see nothing wrong with making some common-sense preparations now. Looking ahead, I’d rather be slightly oversupplied and giving some food and toiletry items back to the local shelter, instead of being undersupplied and scrambling to find basic necessities. Unfortunately, we still have no clue about the true impact this virus will have on the public health and economy of the country.

I think we hav a general idea that the impact will be bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Remember petfood as well.

We'll just eat our pets.

Thta is what will happen if Bernie is elected.

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Anonymous wrote:The cashier at the grocery store didn’t seem to know what I was talking about when I explained to her why I was buying some giant bags of rice. I don’t think most people in the general population are worrying the way we do here on dcum. My co-workers and others I’ve queried (friends, extended family) aren’t really giving it a thought at this point. It’s interesting.

I think I am giving myself added stress by reading this health forum daily right now.

Agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember petfood as well.

We'll just eat our pets.

Before they eat us...