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."
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.com ...
Nice...does this source still work like a charm when the power is out?
About a dozen years ago we had a major grid failure here on a remote section of transmission line. It was January with daytime highs of -10. The grid was down 10 days, good times. Things like that happen all the time around here. Nine years ago the major ice storm the hit Quebec took us off line for over a week, our power comes from Hydro-Quebec. If you’re not prepared it can truly suck. As my neighbor says “Vermont ain’t for wimps” especially if you live way rural as I do.
Why don’t we just nuke Seattle from orbit just to save them the suffering of “a foot of snow”. And I thought Washington DC was insane.
Ever hear of a SHOVEL, you fools?
To all practical jokers in the Puget Sound area...
Get a small carton of orange juice and a drinking straw. Locate a parked target-car of your choice *with snow on it*. Carefully remove your shoes one at a time, and press each one into the snow on the trunk of the car so that the impressions in the snow look like someone was standing there. Then puncture the orange juice with the straw and squeeze out a stream of OJ in front of the snow-foot prints so that it looks just like...well you know. Now take a picture of it and post it back here. Have fun in the snow.
Not so charming during outages...we had one that lasted nine days a few years ago when windstorms knocked tall trees down, taking many lines down for over a week. Power company prioritized trees that had fallen on houses, and/or were blocking streets and roads...hundreds of them. My transformer went out too, whatever that is, so my apt without power forever, it seemed. Bags of ice in freezer kept things frozen. And I trotted over to neighbors’ places to cook. Nothing fancy. All those nice markets in the ‘hood were closed for over a week too....my gym was open, a couple of miles away, so I could take showers there.
Bought some cold cereal at big drugstore close to the gym. WORST stuff I ever ate. Unimaginable that people would actually give their kids these sugar-loaded breakfast foods........Unconscionable, actually. As much sugar as candy bars.
You survived!! Congrats.
I know folks up north who belong to gyms not too far away from home....helps when there is no power, for showers.
We had to do the same, once, during a two day power outage...years ago (not weather related). We showered at the nearby clubhouse gym.
Sounds just like Alabama. Any prediction of more than 1” of snow and you would believe the apocalypse was coming. It’s hilarious to watch.
In 1993, we experienced an actual blizzard with thundersnow and received around 16” of snow. The entire state shut down for over a week.
grew up in Warrenton, now in Salem. I work for public works and have driven snow plows, sanders, and de-icers. The weather conditions don’t scare me. Other drivers scare me.
The year I was there at Ft. Lewis, two inches of snow practically brought the town to a halt - cars sliding off the freeway all over the place - a real catastrophe......
“So... we stock up on charcoal and lighter fluid...”
Our mayor post the “survival tips” for this Seattle snow. One of them is “If the power goes out, don’t use your charcoal grill indoors to heat or cook”.
Almost every year some Asian family does that and kills themselves. They are used to doing that in the old country. But - back there they use actual wood, and lots of air gaps in the home. Charcoal is a entire different thing and dumps out more CO I guess. Plus the homes are insultated and sealed up tight.
On some occasions I’ll read about someone bringing a generator into their home to run some electricity.
NOTE: Even if the generator is outside one needs to be aware of ventilation that might bring it inside. And never run it in an attached garage. And CO detectors on every floor.
Thanks, paisa. I know I could save $$ but I couldn’t possibly carry those big things up to my 2nd floor apt, and have no place to keep them. We went to a couple of local feed stores and they were 50 and 100 lbs.
Yeah - see my post 120. I’ve only been here 25 years, but it sure has changed a lot in just 5 years. Old neighbors talk about how quiet Redmond was back in the 50’s.
Yes, the solar array was put in a few years after I left PNNL but have seen it. I bet it’s a bigger ratio than that between it and the nuke plant — I know for sure that’s the case today! Had been meaning to look up the output of the PNNL array as well as the West Richland one.
Of which alcohol is an absolute essential ; )
Had no idea you could. How long before it goes bad after the thaw?
When I was still the golden boy the people I work for gave me a Ford Escape as a company car. That thing could go anywhere. I swear that it could probably climb the side of a building.
Naturally they gave it to me because they expected me to stay working, no matter what kind of weather I encountered. Then, after three years having it as a tool they took it away... naturally they still expected me to respond to emergencies no matter what.
I didn’t mind when it was their gear but I’d rather not risk losing my equipment so I turned them down. I’m not the golden boy any more.
We had flurries predicted here in Tulsa a couple years ago and they actually cancelled classes for a couple of schools.
It’s ok. I wouldn’t drink it but it’s fine to cook with or use in coffee. I’d even use it in cereal if I had to b
I got stuck in a Jeep today so there are limits. Yes, had a shovel and dug out of the drift with some help from another guy who stopped to help. When the snow is much deeper than your ground clearance it starts getting dicey.
Days.....it takes a long time to thaw out though! You do know that ICE CREAM is frozen MILK....right??
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