That's the negative view. There is also a positive view, one such positive is that the EBT will still flow, for the electricity and water will likely still flow, and the government will *MAKE SURE* EBT cards are operational. Therefore, the likelihood of urban explosion is lesser.
Still, be careful, have situational awareness, and be ready. I am. Freepers, we knew about this 5 or 6 weeks before the general public, and that gave us a head start on getting set up. About the only thing I missed was masks, and I just caught up on those too.
All I can hear in my mind is Billy Ray Valentine saying “they’re panicking out there, I can feel it.”
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A lot of info Laz,
Great Post!
I still see some stuff in the deli aisle but can’t make it out.
Looks like every town along the highway from houston after that mass panic, what was the storm after Katrina? Can’t remember. It will be like that after this frenzy passes.
BTW, Waddlemart here is business as usual. I went there today and got everything I was looking for. No panic, no crowds, no drama. Rural America is like that.
We experienced similar conditions at the Kroger on Five Forks Trickum yesterday. It was orderly but everyone was filling carts to the brim. No TP or paper towels were left. Bread was almost all gone. Meat and dairy were running low. It was pretty surreal.
Pshaw that was my city on thor’s day
I’ve seen societal collapse several times
Coronavirus infects tapwater?
Laz, the bottled water and toilet paper share something in common: they are relatively low-priced items that take up bulky items to shelve.
In Georgia, we also have incredibly long lines of soda pop bottles on the shelves space — an order of magnitude larger than that the shelves for water bottles. So in terms of emergency supply for human hydration, Krogers probably still had you covered.
As for emergency toilet paper, how about buying a copy of the Sunday Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper. Might as well put it to some useful purpose.
Finally, Kroger’s re-stocking algorithm was defective. It should have anticipated there would be a run on these items given the hysteria has been building. So at least the stores and manufacturers will be better prepared for the bout of American panic.
This tells me how effective using fear as a way to control the people can be...
Kind of ironic - we know that the Deep State and others use fear as a way to steer and control the people - we had the commie/nuke war threat until the Berlin Wall came down then it wasn’t viable anymore and up pops Globull Warming, which has many in fear that we’re gonna destroy the Earth even as we do less harm than past generations and none of the data actually supports anything but the earth’s climate and Mother Nature do not now, and never did have a “balance” and even if they did, we have no idea of how to maintain one or ‘fix’ things...all our efforts end up causing more harm....the coronavirus scare is no different - the panic-induced knee-jerking will cause more harm than the virus.
Folks who would be up in arms if the government decided to tell them they could not move freely are now begging that same government to lock them, and everyone else, down....I’d wager if, after doing that, the story ‘evolved” they would also go meekly to barb-wire surrounded camps/tent cities because the “latest info” said that’s the only way to stop it.
Even though we know that they use fear to guide and control us, so many can’t see it through the red haze of insane panic....they not only welcome the government controls, they beg for them...
And the fear mongers will try to leverage it...
Reminds me of a saying, by Ben Franklin, that many FReepers, who are now acting insane, used to showcase:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Also lines to get into bars
Anyway, we talked for a little while and he showed me a large shopping list his wife had given him. Half the items he was looking for, especially hamburger, were all gone.
It's elderly folks like him who are suffering due to the panic shopping by everyone else.
FWIW, there were only three packages of hotdog buns left on the shelf and I got one of them......
Trust the plan.
Trust Sessions.
Future proves past.
We are not a cult.
I had already heard about the Triage Tents in the parking lot outside the ER.
A Failure of Civility is $342.00. I remember when it was like $45. I liked it so much I bought a copy for my neighbor.