Am I the only one panicking and hoarding?

[Anonymous]

OP, I saw that you are lactose intolerant, so in addition to your almond milk, I vote that you buy some Lactaid. That way, in case you are in a situation where someone is offering you dairy, you will be able to have it.

Don't forget coffee; no one wants to navigate a shortage while having a caffeine-withdrawl headache.

Don't forget to add water/food for the pets. Don't do what I did once (travel circumstances, not disaster prep). I bought my dog another kind of dog food. I woke up to diarreah all over the rug. Lesson learned. btw in addition to her regular food, I give her a can of sardines about once a week. Packed in water, no salt. She loves it, it's super-good for her, and it stores well.

On that note, make sure you have enough doggie bags.

Finally, for everyone to consider, you may be stocked up, but you know that your neighbor is going to be knocking at your door begging you to share water or food. So please just add that in, so you don't have to choose between saying no vs. not having enough for your family.

[Anonymous]

Op again- thank you so much for all the helpful replies! I have a chest freezer and this weekend when onions, garlic and ginger were on sale I chopped and froze a bunch to use later. I also found gyoza/wonton wrappers on sale so I made my own potstickers for a lot cheaper than Trader Joes/Costco. I found some really great YouTube videos for Indian and Bangladesh chickpea recipes. There’s an Indian market near my house where the spices are really inexpensive, so I’ve been actually eating chickpeas for breakfast since cereal is so expense. I make Indian style or a Greek chickpea salad and they’re so satisfying and filling.

[Anonymous]

There is always something on sale. Beans, and more beans.

[Anonymous]

This thread could have been started a few weeks ago when there was talk about a port workers' strike. Costco only had THREE packages of toilet paper. What the??? Stop hoarding toilet paper not affected by a port strike and now you know when the next time they say they may strike!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!

This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread could have been started a few weeks ago when there was talk about a port workers' strike. Costco only had THREE packages of toilet paper. What the??? Stop hoarding toilet paper not affected by a port strike and now you know when the next time they say they may strike!

I went last weekend and they had ZERO packages of toilet paper. I feel like someone just screwed up and they are blaming the port strike. This was the Gaithersburg Costco which is known as the Worst Costco in the World.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread could have been started a few weeks ago when there was talk about a port workers' strike. Costco only had THREE packages of toilet paper. What the??? Stop hoarding toilet paper not affected by a port strike and now you know when the next time they say they may strike!

I went last weekend and they had ZERO packages of toilet paper. I feel like someone just screwed up and they are blaming the port strike. This was the Gaithersburg Costco which is known as the Worst Costco in the World.

Must be a bunch of day time shopping hoarders in that part of MoCo!