I have about 400 rolls of Quilted Northern, 100 large canisters of Clorox wipes, 75 Lysol sprays, 40 gallons of bleach, gallons of rubbing alcohol, purell and wet wipes, soap, hand sanitizer, 400 N95 masks, 100s of disposable masks etc, etc. What are you doing with your excess? FYI, I am not a hoarder, and have been giving out supplies but now that it is readily available I am overstocked.
The family down the street from me when I was a kid belonged to LDS church. They kept a one year supply of food and supplies at all times.
We do the opposite during hurricane season. We don’t like to have much because of frequent power outages. We end up throwing food away. Otherwise it is nice to have a stash in the freezer.
Do you all have an extra freezer that you store food in? I don’t. I have a side by side fridge/freezer only.
I find the ice maker takes up a lot of my freezer space. My fridge is an older model. I bet the new designs are better.
Need, I would be having a back up generator if I lived in your area and solar panels with inverter and batteries, not to mention a good supply of dried, canned and RTE meals. As well as a good water supply and filters that clean any water, like iodine tablets. I would have a nervous breakdown if I couldn't keep a good stock of food. I think that all the new packaged, shelf stable meats are a blessing.
The hardest thing would be no fresh foods, canned veggies and fruit just doesn't fulfill the need for veggies or fruit in my opinion. But when you are really, truly hungry I guess it would be wonderful.
Stacy, I have not seen any limits for a long time. I buy most of my shelf foods from specialty suppliers and it has been readily available but, who knows what this months order will look like.
Everyone, take care of you and your family and get what you can to be able to provide a meal. I think that we are seeing the beginning of the 2nd round of shortages.
Lots do have generators here. Lots do buy bottled water. Our water quality is crappy here.
Yes, extra food such as canned goods or other non perishables are very necessary in this area. Along with the usual stuff, batteries, flashlight, lanterns ice chest filled with ice will last for a little while, etc.
We are used to the prep work but it can be a pain in the butt too!
I would think that having back up power would be easier than having to throw all your food out everytime you have a power outage. I would be sick having to do that.
I think that having a water filter that can actually make your crappy water drinkable is the best route. I don't like the idea of drinking water that doesn't have the oversight to ensure quality and safety, bottled water doesn't have the oversight.
I think as American's we have taken safe water supplies for granted and we should not, as we are seeing with places like Flint.
My gosh, I am seeing more and more things becoming out-of-stock with the uptick of the virus, and it is not the toilet paper, paper towels, and Lysol wipes. It's food items, even pet food. I haven't been able to get my cat his favorite cat litter, thank goodness I had stocked up during the summer but I do like to keep a lot of jugs on hand. Not easy to explain Covid to the cat =^..^=
I also coverted a room into a greenhouse per say. I changed lighting and hardwood floors were put down this week. I bought some hydroponic indoor gardens to grow produce, each will hold 24 plants. They were delived yesterday. I can deal with frozen fruit for smoothies, I just cant figure out how to freeze bananas without them browning.
My area is getting hit pretty bad. The hospitals have once again restricted visitors and are cancelling procedures.
So question, do you wear glasses. I have tried everything online. How do you keep glasses from fogging in a mask?
Recently I bought a pair of aviator style sunglasses and found they helped keep more of the fog away.
We are right now not seeing shortages on any shelves where I am shopping in the Bay Area. I think perhaps everyone stocked up the first time.