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

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Anonymous wrote:Epicurious posted a 2-week meal plan of dinners for 4 using shelf-stable ingredients. Includes recipes and a shopping list.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes-menus/all-pantry-meal-plan-for-coronavirus-and-other-emergencies-article?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=epi&utm_mailing=EPI_PREPARE_030320&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5df56ed6a7773918530c3ab2&cndid=59404732&esrc=&utm_term=EPI_CTN_AND_TOPTEN

Yum, thanks for sharing!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

Asked and answered. If there was an unrelated disruption to water supply it would take a lot long for disaster relief to get to us. Plus bottled water is crazy cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

Asked and answered. If there was an unrelated disruption to water supply it would take a lot long for disaster relief to get to us. Plus bottled water is crazy cheap.

sorry didn't read thru 36 pages. thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

Asked and answered. If there was an unrelated disruption to water supply it would take a lot long for disaster relief to get to us. Plus bottled water is crazy cheap.

What other unrelated disruptions are you preparing for? Could really go down a rabbit hole here.....

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

Yeah this makes sense on some level. We actually have over half a case leftover from a recent birthday party so should be good.

Honestly the only thing I have gone out and bought is infant and children's ibuprophen. I had heard some pharmacies were getting cleared out. But we always have a pretty healthy supply of things like beans, rice, and oatmeal anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

Asked and answered. If there was an unrelated disruption to water supply it would take a lot long for disaster relief to get to us. Plus bottled water is crazy cheap.

What other unrelated disruptions are you preparing for? Could really go down a rabbit hole here.....

I mean, I could probably go a month without leaving my house and without power and water. I'm not saying it would be fun, but we would live.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

Yeah this makes sense on some level. We actually have over half a case leftover from a recent birthday party so should be good.

Honestly the only thing I have gone out and bought is infant and children's ibuprophen. I had heard some pharmacies were getting cleared out. But we always have a pretty healthy supply of things like beans, rice, and oatmeal anyway.

A half a case (so 20 bottles?) wouldn't last very long. If a family of four each uses 2 bottles a day, 20 bottles would last 2.5. days.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

Yeah this makes sense on some level. We actually have over half a case leftover from a recent birthday party so should be good.

Honestly the only thing I have gone out and bought is infant and children's ibuprophen. I had heard some pharmacies were getting cleared out. But we always have a pretty healthy supply of things like beans, rice, and oatmeal anyway.

A half a case (so 20 bottles?) wouldn't last very long. If a family of four each uses 2 bottles a day, 20 bottles would last 2.5. days.

+1. You need enough for two weeks minimum,, A month would be better.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

Yeah this makes sense on some level. We actually have over half a case leftover from a recent birthday party so should be good.

Honestly the only thing I have gone out and bought is infant and children's ibuprophen. I had heard some pharmacies were getting cleared out. But we always have a pretty healthy supply of things like beans, rice, and oatmeal anyway.

A half a case (so 20 bottles?) wouldn't last very long. If a family of four each uses 2 bottles a day, 20 bottles would last 2.5. days.

+1. You need enough for two weeks minimum,, A month would be better.

That is crazy wasteful. I hope you are at least buying large jugs rather than hundreds of little individual bottles.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

Asked and answered. If there was an unrelated disruption to water supply it would take a lot long for disaster relief to get to us. Plus bottled water is crazy cheap.

What other unrelated disruptions are you preparing for? Could really go down a rabbit hole here.....

Here is a good list that will cover a lot of possibilities:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1e04d512b273e2133cb865833cc0e32d/FEMA_checklist_parent_508_071513.pdf

I'd add also that having cash on hand is very important - we were caught with limited food during an emergency and didn't have much cash on hand. Credit card machines were down so we had very few options to feed our kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

Yeah this makes sense on some level. We actually have over half a case leftover from a recent birthday party so should be good.

Honestly the only thing I have gone out and bought is infant and children's ibuprophen. I had heard some pharmacies were getting cleared out. But we always have a pretty healthy supply of things like beans, rice, and oatmeal anyway.

A half a case (so 20 bottles?) wouldn't last very long. If a family of four each uses 2 bottles a day, 20 bottles would last 2.5. days.

+1. You need enough for two weeks minimum,, A month would be better.

That is crazy wasteful. I hope you are at least buying large jugs rather than hundreds of little individual bottles.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

This has been asked and answered a few times,but...
In the event of an outbreak, all response services are likely to be delayed. So if you have some mundane water break, or massive storm that results in a sewage spill, or whatever other random thing that happens that results in a boil water notice or other water issue, then you can assume that the response time to fix the issue will be longer than usual.
And sure, you have some backup water in your hot water tank (unless you have an in-line heater) or you might live on a well, or have lots of toilets, or live near the river, or whatever... it seems easier to buy an extra case of water and not have to deal with desalinating water from the Chesapeake bay or whatever.

Yeah this makes sense on some level. We actually have over half a case leftover from a recent birthday party so should be good.

Honestly the only thing I have gone out and bought is infant and children's ibuprophen. I had heard some pharmacies were getting cleared out. But we always have a pretty healthy supply of things like beans, rice, and oatmeal anyway.

A half a case (so 20 bottles?) wouldn't last very long. If a family of four each uses 2 bottles a day, 20 bottles would last 2.5. days.

+1. You need enough for two weeks minimum,, A month would be better.

That is crazy wasteful. I hope you are at least buying large jugs rather than hundreds of little individual bottles.

+1

Nope. Its all cases of bottles. And it won't be wasteful if I need them, which is the whole point. You do you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why people are buying bottled water.... will there be some kind of issue with our water supply? Genuinely curious.

Asked and answered. If there was an unrelated disruption to water supply it would take a lot long for disaster relief to get to us. Plus bottled water is crazy cheap.

What other unrelated disruptions are you preparing for? Could really go down a rabbit hole here.....

Here is a good list that will cover a lot of possibilities:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1e04d512b273e2133cb865833cc0e32d/FEMA_checklist_parent_508_071513.pdf

I'd add also that having cash on hand is very important - we were caught with limited food during an emergency and didn't have much cash on hand. Credit card machines were down so we had very few options to feed our kids.

Which doesn't happen if you've prepped, but okay.

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Anonymous wrote:Epicurious posted a 2-week meal plan of dinners for 4 using shelf-stable ingredients. Includes recipes and a shopping list.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes-menus/all-pantry-meal-plan-for-coronavirus-and-other-emergencies-article?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=epi&utm_mailing=EPI_PREPARE_030320&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5df56ed6a7773918530c3ab2&cndid=59404732&esrc=&utm_term=EPI_CTN_AND_TOPTEN

Yum, thanks for sharing!

Looks good and comes to it, lots of people will learn to cook having time on their hand. Those dishes might be made of shelf stable aka.. dead ingredients but still looks like a lot of work to get where they are..