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

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Anonymous wrote:Amazon Drone deliveries are sounding better and better.

Or the Amazon delivery bots. Coming soon to VA.
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/02/25/amazons-self-driving-delivery-robots-are-virginia.html?ana=twt

And so does unemployment...as every time you see a self checkout r other self...
This is where family had been fed.
Amazon should be force to create one low level low skill job per each self machine to get permit to operate in a given area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Reading these posts makes me this of the Walking Dead. Are you all thinking of the zombie apocalypse?

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

More so a matter of staying quarantined with a family of 4 and a preference to eat as normal. Either adult sick, means bringing the illness out in public to get groceries OR unnecessarily exposing oneself to other people out buying groceries that are contagious.

I'm thinking back to all the times I've been so sick I couldn't get out bed. I didn't even WANT to eat, but assuming family members need to eat & we don't want to spread germs, I would get food delivered from the grocery store. in 2020, there are so many ways to get food (and supplies) to my door step. Also, I have friends and family who to would drop off necessities, if need be.

Buying everything off the shelf when you don't even need it right now seems.... unnecessary... to me.

Honey, people won’t be delivering food/groceries to your house if there’s a quarantine. Hence, the reason for stockpiling some essentials.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I grew up in a place without fresh milk. You had a choice of powdered or frozen milk. The frozen type is way more palatable but I don't know if they sell it here. In some places outside the US (maybe inside) they sell shelf stable milk that isn't bad.

They sell shelf stable pasteurized milk all over the place here...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in a state with confirmed cases (WA) and nobody here is stockpiling anything. The only change so far is that masks are gone. Even in the hospital where I work we are only using them in emergencies. Other than that, nobody is stockpiling anything. Regular supplies of children’s Tylenol/ibuprofen on our shelves.

Shocking.

[Anonymous]

None of us (in the DC area) have experienced a big snow event in this non-winter, so we've been itching to stockpile for a while!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amazon Drone deliveries are sounding better and better.

Or the Amazon delivery bots. Coming soon to VA.
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/02/25/amazons-self-driving-delivery-robots-are-virginia.html?ana=twt

And so does unemployment...as every time you see a self checkout r other self...
This is where family had been fed.
Amazon should be force to create one low level low skill job per each self machine to get permit to operate in a given area.

While I get it this is an issue. Groceries stores and self checkouts are the same idea. Giant, Safeway and HT have no cashiers where I live before 10am. Also, Giant and Safeway try really hard to keep staff at part time so they do not have to pay benefits.

Target corp is horrible in this area. Not only do they not treat employees well they try really hard to get rid of employees as they move up the payscale so Target does not have to pay.

One thing Amazon does well, is for their warehouse workers they have excellent benefits, excellent track record for employee development and giving enough hours to workers who want them. The complaints we hear from their workers are mostly from people who are lazy. I'm not saying the warehouse jobs are great at all, but if someone is a hard worker they can get an education paid for and get a better life.

[Anonymous]

Three lonely bottles of hand sanitizer left at CVS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading these posts makes me this of the Walking Dead. Are you all thinking of the zombie apocalypse?

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

More so a matter of staying quarantined with a family of 4 and a preference to eat as normal. Either adult sick, means bringing the illness out in public to get groceries OR unnecessarily exposing oneself to other people out buying groceries that are contagious.

I'm thinking back to all the times I've been so sick I couldn't get out bed. I didn't even WANT to eat, but assuming family members need to eat & we don't want to spread germs, I would get food delivered from the grocery store. in 2020, there are so many ways to get food (and supplies) to my door step. Also, I have friends and family who to would drop off necessities, if need be.

Buying everything off the shelf when you don't even need it right now seems.... unnecessary... to me.

Honey, people won’t be delivering food/groceries to your house if there’s a quarantine. Hence, the reason for stockpiling some essentials.

Lol. Dude, this is not “the one.” They are not going to lock down cities. You are being ridiculous. The reason for stockpiling is so you have groceries in case you’re sick. Not in case there’s a quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a state with confirmed cases (WA) and nobody here is stockpiling anything. The only change so far is that masks are gone. Even in the hospital where I work we are only using them in emergencies. Other than that, nobody is stockpiling anything. Regular supplies of children’s Tylenol/ibuprofen on our shelves.

Shocking.

Same where I live in Southern California.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were really afraid of a pandemic that would be extremely dangerous for those in my household (I don’t think this corona virus is it), I would get a freezer for the garage. Lots of meat, frozen vegetables, breads, and milk.

I would fully stock the pantry with rice, grains, beans, cereals, plus all the other things we normally keep- chicken stock, soups, pasta, etc.

I wouldn’t assume that power would go out or water cut off. I would prepare just to be housebound for potentially months. I would stock differently I were afraid of power or water shutoffs.

This makes a lot of sense to me. We have kids in 3 different schools so I'm sensitive to that, but as I understand coronavirus, the kids aren't especially vulnerable to serious illness. I could probably stand to add some more dried beans, cereal, and canned fruit, but I'm not really worried. we are otherwise pretty flexibly prepared for various needs. I'm pretty grateful that our parents are all in fairly rural areas with small farm resources.

[Anonymous]

Does canned fruit have any actual nutrition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading these posts makes me this of the Walking Dead. Are you all thinking of the zombie apocalypse?

+1

Question: why wouldn’t you be able to get your groceries in two weeks or four weeks? What scenario are you imagining? The grocery store will close? My! That would be some outbreak. Remember folks, most cases are mild. Hording supplies and stockpiling just fuels unnecessary panic.

More so a matter of staying quarantined with a family of 4 and a preference to eat as normal. Either adult sick, means bringing the illness out in public to get groceries OR unnecessarily exposing oneself to other people out buying groceries that are contagious.

I'm thinking back to all the times I've been so sick I couldn't get out bed. I didn't even WANT to eat, but assuming family members need to eat & we don't want to spread germs, I would get food delivered from the grocery store. in 2020, there are so many ways to get food (and supplies) to my door step. Also, I have friends and family who to would drop off necessities, if need be.

Buying everything off the shelf when you don't even need it right now seems.... unnecessary... to me.

Honey, people won’t be delivering food/groceries to your house if there’s a quarantine. Hence, the reason for stockpiling some essentials.

Lol. Dude, this is not “the one.” They are not going to lock down cities. You are being ridiculous. The reason for stockpiling is so you have groceries in case you’re sick. Not in case there’s a quarantine.

Has anyone shared this article about why it's prudent and neighborly to stockpile: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/preparing-for-coronavirus-to-strike-the-u-s/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does canned fruit have any actual nutrition?

It has some vitamins and a little fiber. Frozen is better nutritionally, but canned is more stable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of us (in the DC area) have experienced a big snow event in this non-winter, so we've been itching to stockpile for a while!

Haha. The weirdest thing to stock is water - if there is no running water, the house is unlivable. Think toilet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ordering apocalypse food from your caterer is the most DCUM thing ever.

This doesn’t contribute to the discussion, this particular thread is more people who believe in preparation, if you don’t that’s okay but spare the snark.

There is plenty of preppers and sites out there. This thread is for entertainment.