Posted on 02/09/2019 12:44:15 PM PST by dynachrome
"Who has the key to the liquor cabinet? I've got 25 people lined up over there!" yelled one worker at the store.
Shoppers were lined up down every aisle waiting to check out.
At Costco stores around the area, people stocked up in bulk, apparently specifically on liquor.
"Hat tip to the lady in front of me at Costco. 18 bottles of wine, 2 cases of Fremont IPA, & cherry tomatoes. Godspeed, ma'am," wrote MS Kalara on Twitter.
At Fred Meyer, shoppers described a "war zone" of "combat shopping."
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My Florida relatives tell me the 3 essentials for the hurricane kit are chocolate, toilet paper, and wine. Anything else is optional
I’ve encountered multiple streets in Seattle and other parts of the Puget Sound that I could not traverse with a 1985 Toyota 4WD Pick-up.
And that’s the Gold Standard.
Candles. Lay in some candles.
I’ve encountered multiple streets in Seattle and other parts of the Puget Sound that I could not traverse with a 1985 Toyota 4WD Pick-up.
And that’s the Gold Standard.
[$1 pound if you look a little.]
FWIW, WM 20lb bags of rice are just under $9/bag last time I looked. Less that 45 cents per lb. Gotta hit 20lb bags for that price, though.
It’s not the best rice but it’ll do. I’ve made all kinds of beans and rice with it. Remember though, this particular one needs 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice.
I thought heroin was the elixir of choice in Seattle.
I’m also from the snowy upper-Midwest and laughed when we first moved out here at the terror a couple of inches of snow brought.
Two inches of snow becomes an inch of ice real quick in Seattle. Add in the hills, and minimal sanding/plowing capabilities, and I learned real quick that this is a whole different thing than what I grew up with.
In another week it will be back into the 50’s I think. They do an okay job on the main roads after a day, and with a 4x4 it isn’t a problem. Do have to plan different routes than normal to avoid the steep, unplowed roads.
I spent a long weekend in Seattle just a few weeks ago, and I smelled it everywhere.
Actually, the one to three inches is expected for Sunday into Monday. The Tuesday storm is supposed to be on par with what we just got. That means, possibility of 6 inches or more all over the Sound, and more in some places. At my house we have 9 inches. Yes, Western Washingtonian’s often act like scared little children when it comes to snow, but nobody’s taught them any different.
In my decades in Seattle, I remember cold snaps running 3 to 4 weeks, and in the winter of 2008 it ran for months.
I never knew that 14 years ago would be the good old days for me.
sigh
Once in awhile, the WM in the next city over, seems to get overstocked on their 2x18 eggs. I need to get some more. It’s about 12 miles away.
Best I got there was 36 eggs for $1.36 or so. They’ll have them for $1.68 once in awhile. The WM I like to go to (little over 4 miles) usually charges $2.88 for same.
These days, you have to take the gas into consideration (but not as much as years ago). That’s why I doubled up on canned dog food last night. I mix it with peas or carrots or green beans and dry dog food.
I grab the cans of veggies 4 for $1 (rarely) or 3/$1 on sales.
That WM 4 miles away runs 25 cent cans peas and green beans every Thanksgiving. I would have bought $20 or $50 of it if I could have. Cheap dog food additive. A big can of dog food is 99 cents or $1 here (though I paid $1.15 last night per can - oopsie). That was a grocery store so it wasn’t WM’s Ol Roy which is probably pretty cheap stuff.
Not that $1.15 is gourmet dog food, LOL.
I’d shame myself if I fed my dog Ol Roy.
They have maybe three snowplow trucks in all of King County. When it snows in Seattle, all the intersections get blocked by wrecked cars that skidded to the bottom of the hill.
Best to just stay home with a nice bottle of wine and wait for the rain to clear out the snow on the roads.
I’m retired in Seattle, and I walk to my two neighborhood grocery stores about the same time every day.
On Thursday, unknown to me, the National Weather Service had posted a winter storm warning one hour before I arrived at the first store.
This store is upscale (with frequent GREAT sales) just a short drive from Bill Gates neighborhood.
I could not believe what I was seeing!
It was like the Brad Pitt grocery store scene from “World War Z.”
The shelves were empty.
People were stealing the fireplace wood, which is stacked in the entry way.
People were pushing shopping carts around like a scene from “Fast and Furious.”
The “winter storm” turned out to be exaggerated, but, in fairness, when we get snow before March, it often turns to solid ice, which does paralyze the city because of the hills.
I grant that.
But a 4WD is a minimum standard anywhere in the suburbs.
That's why I get pissed seeing sedans going anywhere.
I'm not "better" than other people because I have a 4WD truck.
I just know my limitations.
O/T, but I was at the store a week ago watching (foreigners mostly) filling their carts up with untold gallons of milk.
I thought how silly they were.
How much milk could anyone drink? FOUR gallons? Really?
But it turns out I was the silly one.
At least I could eat cereal.
I went to my local Safeway this am to pick up some essentials that I missed.
Guess what they had none of?
Milk.
I hadn't remembered that my wife loves to use milk in her coffee, and my son likes cereal
Hell, I made some instant grits which call for...milk.
I guess it’s all about where you live in the PNW - where I live we got maybe two - three inches; SeaTac got six. Areas north got six. It’s all where the convergence zone comes together.
Don't they always have enough food and booze to last a couple days or so? I live in a very snowy place and never ran out of food, even back in the 1977-78 winters.
It’s only used sparingly now.
I’ve been here since 1996. My memory isn’t any good, but the only memorable one to me was the ice storm we had - maybe around 2002? I’m sure there have been others.
We lost power for two weeks. Had the old lady from next door live with us so she wouldn’t freeze to death. (We have a wood burning stove and a small generator).
My point being, it isn’t like Minneapolis where having a bunch of snowplows and stuff makes sense when you will be using them from November through February.
My wife used to make fun of me for being a bit of a prepper. Not anymore. And like others have said, this should be a wake up call. It doesn’t take much to stress resources.
Oh - another thing that is probably common in urban areas with the younger crowd - they buy their food for one or two days. If they don’t eat out, they make a quick stop on the way home from work every day to pick up what they need for dinner.
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