Ponce
15th January 2011, 09:14 PM
This is what someone wrote at TB2000 but it is so good that I wanted you guys to see it, if not legal then please delete.......
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Interesting "Just in time" status as a result of recent snow storm.
by tn1439m
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As most here already know, we had some snow last week in the upstate of South Carolina and the south east in general.
It did not snow until last Sunday night and by Monday morning we had 5 1/2 inches piled up on our patio table. For this area that is a lot of snow. It continued to snow Monday and then a light freezing rain during the night which covered the snow with about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of ice.
Our entire system was shut down for the first day with almost no traffic at all. Then only limited movement until Wednesday/Thursday. For this area it was a state of emergency. Personally I had no problem even on the ice but then I grew up in Michigan and played on snow and ice for fun during my high school years and that driving experience stuck.
Usually we only have people buying all the bread and milk the day before /of a coming predicted snow storm. This time however the local media warned people to go to store and buy things to be "prepared" for a potential serious snow storm causing (as it did) a state of emergency. Due apparently to the media people were hitting the local grocers from Thursday through Sunday night when it snowed.
By the day of the storm there was no bread to be found, no toilet paper, almost no meat and only cuts that were the least popular. No hamburger anywhere to be found. Chicken was wiped out. Paper towels were all but wiped out. Milk almost wiped out. The only eggs were the larger packs that always seem to have the largest section of shelf space. All organic eggs were wiped out.
My point is many things were gone long before the normal time which would only have been that last day. People reacted far faster than ever before in the past. I guess with all the things happening in the world the sheeple are awakening.
Now it is Saturday, 7 days later and little of the items depleted have been replaced on the shelves as of yet. I asked the manager, whom I speak with weekly, whats up. He said that the shippers ran out of produce along with the snow which has caused a shortage. He told me they had never ever seen anything close to the craziness and buying of stocks as happened these few days.
Folks this is one minor incidence of a few inches of snow and food became in short supply very quickly. He said that the store was swamped with shoppers from Thursday morning when they opened until Sunday night when they closed. Non stop craziness.
Lowes and Home depot also had similar activity. Each of the managers of these stores told me they had never seen anything like it in the past. All generators were wiped out, gas cans, any propane tanks gone a few days before the snow.
I also observed that the local gas station was full all day every day leading up to this snow event. People were filling vehicles and cans. It may have been a monkey see monkey do kinda thing but people were reacting in full force.
People are beginning to realize you have to plan ahead more now than I have ever in my life seen. I realize this was no big deal for most of you but here in the south it is.
If any possibility of any disaster is coming your way I would strongly suggest you immediately get the extras you may want as they may not be available for long based on this little event we had here. And now, days later, many things are still not available.
These are normally very busy stores in a larger area.
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Interesting "Just in time" status as a result of recent snow storm.
by tn1439m
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As most here already know, we had some snow last week in the upstate of South Carolina and the south east in general.
It did not snow until last Sunday night and by Monday morning we had 5 1/2 inches piled up on our patio table. For this area that is a lot of snow. It continued to snow Monday and then a light freezing rain during the night which covered the snow with about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of ice.
Our entire system was shut down for the first day with almost no traffic at all. Then only limited movement until Wednesday/Thursday. For this area it was a state of emergency. Personally I had no problem even on the ice but then I grew up in Michigan and played on snow and ice for fun during my high school years and that driving experience stuck.
Usually we only have people buying all the bread and milk the day before /of a coming predicted snow storm. This time however the local media warned people to go to store and buy things to be "prepared" for a potential serious snow storm causing (as it did) a state of emergency. Due apparently to the media people were hitting the local grocers from Thursday through Sunday night when it snowed.
By the day of the storm there was no bread to be found, no toilet paper, almost no meat and only cuts that were the least popular. No hamburger anywhere to be found. Chicken was wiped out. Paper towels were all but wiped out. Milk almost wiped out. The only eggs were the larger packs that always seem to have the largest section of shelf space. All organic eggs were wiped out.
My point is many things were gone long before the normal time which would only have been that last day. People reacted far faster than ever before in the past. I guess with all the things happening in the world the sheeple are awakening.
Now it is Saturday, 7 days later and little of the items depleted have been replaced on the shelves as of yet. I asked the manager, whom I speak with weekly, whats up. He said that the shippers ran out of produce along with the snow which has caused a shortage. He told me they had never ever seen anything close to the craziness and buying of stocks as happened these few days.
Folks this is one minor incidence of a few inches of snow and food became in short supply very quickly. He said that the store was swamped with shoppers from Thursday morning when they opened until Sunday night when they closed. Non stop craziness.
Lowes and Home depot also had similar activity. Each of the managers of these stores told me they had never seen anything like it in the past. All generators were wiped out, gas cans, any propane tanks gone a few days before the snow.
I also observed that the local gas station was full all day every day leading up to this snow event. People were filling vehicles and cans. It may have been a monkey see monkey do kinda thing but people were reacting in full force.
People are beginning to realize you have to plan ahead more now than I have ever in my life seen. I realize this was no big deal for most of you but here in the south it is.
If any possibility of any disaster is coming your way I would strongly suggest you immediately get the extras you may want as they may not be available for long based on this little event we had here. And now, days later, many things are still not available.
These are normally very busy stores in a larger area.