“Second, even if the storm actually is bad this time, don’t these people have at least a couple days’ worth of food stored up in their homes?”
It’s had for those in the Midwest to imagine, but most of the urban dwellers don’t have much food in their homes.
I could go a month and not run out of anything, and several more if need be.
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A couple of my in-laws only have orange juice, coffee and cream in their kitchen. Before their last move to the Phoenix area, they got rid of all kitchen-ware except the coffee pot, four coffee cups, and four drinking glasses. They eat every meal out at restaurants, and he uses the kitchen for a workshop.
They were from Illinois, originally.
“It’s had for those in the Midwest to imagine, but most of the urban dwellers don’t have much food in their homes.”
As a Midwesterner, I get a huge chuckle from the self-created “shortages” of staples like milk, bread and for some strange reason, toilet paper, on the east coast whenever almost any amount of snow is predicted.
In Colorado, I think most people keep at least a month’s supply of basic stuff like paper products, canned and dried food and the like. For small snows, say under a foot, I don’t we don’t pay too much extra attention, because if we run out of something, why heck, we just drive to the store like usual, though a bit slower on the road. For bigger snows, I’ll check and make sure the egg supply is ok, and if not, I’ll go pick up a couple of dozen. That’s about it here in Colorado concerning snow.
But heck, what do I know? Maybe people on the east coast have to wipe their butts more during blizzards, so they have to stock up on toilet paper.
Four to five days ... and I’m out the door to the store again ... :-) ... EXCEPT when there is a snow-storm or ice-storm on the way, and then “I’m out the door right now!”