People Hoarding Water, anyone else Notice?

10/15/01 | Dengar01

[Dengar01]

This is really odd. I went to my local grocery store today, and noticed that there was hardly any bottles of water left maybe a dozen. I don't mean the Evian and Dannon water I mean the actual jugs of water. I was just at the store a few days ago and there were hundreds of jugs of water.

I'm not trying to cause alarm but this seems suspicous. Maybe I am just overly alert but this just doesn't seem normal. The FBI hasn't made statements to go and buy bottle water. I live in a pretty big suburb west of Chicago and I was quite surprised to see this.

Has anyone else noticed this in your towns. Or does anyone have any ideas on why all of a sudden people are hoarding water. I just never have seen this happen before, especially around Chicago where we have Lake Michigan supplying fresh water.

[Jefferson Adams]

Well, I filled up 4 55 gallon barrels with water in my garage the weekend after WTC. Could there be a relationship there?

[Jefferson Adams]

Seriously, prudence dictates that you make sure that you have water available in what may be very interesting times ahead. I just used the barrels I bought pre-Y2K. I suggest that you think about it.

[cmsgop]

Screw The Water!

I stock up on the Brew!!!..:*)

[Dengar01]

You know the odd thing is that this just happened with in the last few days. Because all of the grocery stores around here were completely full of water and I go to the store a few times a week. This town (Naperville, IL) has over 100,000 people, and even immediatley after the attacks on September 11th people weren't hoarding water, now all of a sudden they are.

[Dengar01]

You know the odd thing is that this just happened with in the last few days. Because all of the grocery stores around here were completely full of water and I go to the store a few times a week. This town (Naperville, IL) has over 100,000 people, and even immediatley after the attacks on September 11th people weren't hoarding water, now all of a sudden they are.

[Dengar01]

sorry bout the multiple post, accidently hit the post reply button twice.

[ASA Vet]

I'm hoarding 22,000 gallons in my back yard.

Will that be enough?

[!1776!]

Maybe you looked just before the delivery truck showed up?

Seriously though, prudence is advised, but there are much more efficient (not to mention cheaper) ways to "hoard" water than going to a store and buying jugs.

I see an upswing in evian stock soon...

[TheFilter]

Perhaps the anthrax scare did it. That's my guess.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Having your own well is nice! Of course you've got to be sure the electricity stays on.

[Uncle George]

PEPSI BOTTLING stock is going up due to all their bottled water franchises.

[Le-Roy]

Anybody else missing the magazines in convenience stores?

Here in Dallas, two different gas station/convenience stores, one this morning, one tonight - neither one had a single magazine in any rack.

Just a local thing, problem w/delivery?

[nopardons]

There's lots of bottled water in Chicago gocery stores. Try Jewel, Treasure Island , or Dominics, if you are worried .

[bluecollarman]

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[!1776!]

Still full around here. Don't most magazines come at the beginning or end of the month? If there is a run on news, I would suspect that magazines would run short, in the short term.

I have my staples delivered, First Freedom, Maxim, and Field & Stream...

[Doomonyou]

I just used the barrels I bought pre-Y2K.

Not soon after WTC I put new water in the three 55 gal. barrels that I bought pre-Y2K. Once people get emergency supplies, they keep them fresh (or they should.) People are getting the idea that this war is for real and the enemy is here. Then they take a look at the local reservoir and think,

"Hmmm, sure would be easy to dump XXX in there."

And there is your run on water.

[!1776!]

Which seems silly to me. Tap water is pretty much the safest way to go (yes I remember the problems in Milwauke).

Would be much easier to screw around at a botteling plant than a 50 quadrillion gallon reseviour.

[longleaf]

I stock up on the Brew!!!..:*)

Well, I don't drink, but you may have a point there. The higher the alcoholic content, the less likely germs can survive.