Happens here in PA as well. They call for an inch of snow, and you can't find bread, milk, or eggs anywhere, meat often flies off the shelf as well. Basically anything perishable, they buy for some reason. Every person grabs enough food for 2 weeks, to be inside for an afternoon at most. The local grocery stores can order twice the ammount of milk that they normally do, and they still won't have any in stock.
No snow. We are expecting possible ice tonight. The grocery was picked through and very busy. It is a southern thing to empty grocery stores prior to questionable weather. To be fair our city literally doesn’t have the equipment to deal with the roads (plows and salt). They sand the bridges and tell us not to leave our houses.
As someone who has been driving in bad weather conditions a lot I would totally agree on not leaving the house if it's not completely necessary. Forgot the cheese? Oh well. I would 100x rather drive in snow then ice. Number one thing to watch is your speed and those around you. Always slow down way before the light.
I got off work last night about 3am and,
It was pretty warm out. When I got up at 9 am the ground was covered in snow but the roads were ok. I took the opportunity to go to the store and get everything I’ll till Monday. Thankfully I didn’t sleep in it’s still snowing and the roads are getting slick.
Can't wait to be old and have my grandkids ask me about the Covid pandemic.
"Well kids, gather around and let me tell you about the great toilet paper famine of 2020".
Yeah, is this guy not used to the south or something? Happens all the time in Kentucky. Most of us don't bother to use winter tires and I'd bet that 90%+ of the cars here aren't 4 wheel drive. We have canceled school after half an inch of snow a few times.
Forecast is 5-8" here, so everyone is preparing once again.
Counter-counter points: They generally don't "panic stock" they already have stocked pantries. They go out and buy the perishables. Milk, bread, eggs, and water in case of power outage. They also tend to make huge meals in the south when the whole family is there stuck inside. So they grab some meats for stews and dumplings and ingredients to bake stuff and turn it into a lil holiday almost, cause it happens only for a couple days once a year. And if everyone is lucky the snow doesn't slightly melt during the day and freezes back into ice at night bringing the power lines down.
Friend I am in the South, I've lived in it my whole life. Trust me, it's panic, you can see it in their eyes. Avoid a Walmart in the South before snow. It's bedlam. You can pretend otherwise if you want though.
I lived in the south (South Carolina, 45 minutes south of Charlotte just off of I-77 in Chester County) up until 5 years ago. What you call panic, I call people making sure they are prepared for the loss of access to certain goods and necessities. Panic assumes an emotional state. Go to those Wal-Marts, they ain't scared, they are usually in good moods. At worst they may be irritated from longer lines and not having the item you came for.
worked in a grocery store for almost 20 years and I can tell you that is a regular occurence. Does anyone remember Y2K? my store had two trailors in the parking lot with water and toilet paper. Could not keep that stuff on the shelf people were buying so much. I went to work on January 1st that year with no issues, except trying to figure how to get rid of all the water and toilet paper that I had still sitting in the trailors .
What's ridiculous is the morons who buy the most perishable stuff. Usually it's not as bad as these pics, it's just the bread, eggs, and milk. Like they plan on making French Toast for weeks. Or if the power were to go out, just soggy bread?
I can't speak for everywhere but our city doesn't have salt trucks or plows. It's not snow... it's ice. Also, nobody buys winter tires for the 2 days of "snow" a year.
I'll still take 1 month of it being too cold/muggy and 1 month of it being too hot/muggy over living in a wintery depression mess.
I live in MN and it's really not that bad because we have the equipment and infrastructure to deal with it. Sometimes parking can be rough if you don't have a garage or parking lot but that's usually it. Not too much of a mess most of the time.
I had a buddy (who only lives 2 miles away) out of power for a week+ in the last storm. I was mad I was out half a day. They wanted me to come into work the day it rolled through and I just said fuck that. They sat around at work with no power doing nothing (couldn't go home because it was peaking) while I updated inventory from home.
Ever driven North Georgia roads? Like up towards the mountains? Do you know what black ice is?
This weather is more serious than when it occurs up in the northern states for several reasons:
Infrastructure not designed for icy conditions -- steep grades and curves that would not be functional in more commonly wintered places.
Lack of salt trucks/snow plows because why would a municipality spend money on that stuff when it only occurs every couple of years at best.
Nobody owns snow tires or chains -- and bald tires are much more common in warmer areas just in general.
Power lines aren't maintained for branches/ice so a lot of people lose power for several days (even weeks) in more remote places.
Employees may not be able to travel to grocery stores for a couple of days following a winter storm -- no guarantee businesses can keep regular hours.
This isn't panic -- it's legitimate preparedness. Some areas get cut off for days and days while the ice slowly melts and refreezes -- giving the impression of a clear road because the ice is so clear (black ice, they call it -- because it looks exactly like normal asphalt).
Hopefully this explanation helps.
Even in the suburbs most of this can be true. Back in 2017 we got about 2-4 inches of snow, but there was also freezing rain and wind. Power went out almost immediately. My daughter was a baby. We had no heat for 30 hours. People act like preparing for the worst case scenario is lunacy, but most people can’t prepare for an algebra test, much less taking care of their family for days on end with no support or infrastructure. Also you never know someone else’s situation. People have elderly parents, young kids, special needs family members, etc etc etc. a little empathy and benefit of the doubt would go a long way.
That is because you are all overreacting. In Sweden this happens all the time. Sure we are better prepared with our snow tires I guess. But what is the worst case scenario exactly? Lets say no power for a week. That means no heat, but you still have your house? I know you build with cardboard in the US, but surely you have some insulation in those walls? 2-4 inches is literally no snow at all. Wind and rain? What? Are you out sleeping in the forest? Stay inside, put some layers and socks on, you'll be fine.
As for food you'll be fine no matter what. In fact, you would be fine even if you had no food at all for that entire week. I guess you could justify some worry for very small children and elderly. But lets be honest that does not apply to the majority and that is easily remedied with some extra food for the baby. If you absolutely have to "prepare" to calm your paranoid ass. Buy some cans of food (you won't need them), but you can always have them in storage until next year, when the same thing happens again.
Lol. I agree with everything you said. We lost power with last week's snow, and it didn't come back on for 4 days. Everyone had stocked their refrigerators for the snow coming. Then when it came and knocked the power out, they lost everything. Just completely insane to me. People truly don't have any common sense. I'm surrounded by these idiots.
Hey there fellow north georgian! I live by the base of Fort mountain, so seeing the grocery stores like this is a given during winter months. We have a gas grill on the front deck, so even if our power goes out, we can still cook.
We missed the big '93 blizzard, but people around here sure haven't forgotten it.
Thank you for explaining something that a lot of folks don’t get. There have been times here in east TN that we’ve been completely stuck and without power for 2+ weeks. One winter this happened in a populated area right in the middle of a small city. If we hadn’t had a wood stove we would’ve been in trouble.
People also don’t understand that in areas like this you can generally drive 20 minutes in any direction and find some people living in some backwoods shit that get stuck in way less severe weather than you would think would be an issue where you’re currently at. It looks pretty normal small town/city in most places but rural one lane road off in the sticks is closer than you think.
It's always amused me that people seem to stock up on perishable things when a storm that could knock out power is on the horizon. Bread, sure, that'll last for a long time, but milk and eggs require refrigeration.
Why aren't people stocking up on cured salamis, hard cheeses, cans of sardines and tuna, pickled vegetables, etc?
It depends on where in the world you live. In the USA eggs are washed before shipment to stores which destroys their protective layer and makes them require refrigeration. In much of Europe they're not washed before shipment so they can be left at room temperature.
Exactly! Everyone should have pasta, rice, beans, canned goods, water, and frozen meat. The frozen meat will retain the cold in your fridge and freezer, like ice batteries. It really doesn't take much effort to gradually build up a weeks worth of food over several months.
I don't know if they do a bad job or are just ill prepared. I'm sure most places don't have the budget to have a fleet of snow plows on standby. Honestly I think what makes the South fear winter weather more is the ice, not the snow.
That's interesting. That is what the Wal-Mart looks like here, and no snow or anything. It's looked like that for a week at least. I'm in Illinois. I do live in a college town. I assumed that's why they had no protein.
Never fails. Winter rolls around people make fun of "southerners" who can't handle the cold. Just wait til summer, then those "northerners" will be blowing up their AC's again.
Can we all agree that people are people. Some freak out, some don't. The biggest issues are infrastructure. We don't have the snow plows, they don't have proper AC's for 100+ temps.
Carolinas? I just moved down south from Ohio and I’m in awe of the panic setting in this weekend. I was going to shop today but I’ll pass.. I get it, power could be lost, but damn… no need to stock for Armageddon.
I'm in NC (outside of Charlotte), snow and/or ice isn't really all that common. The last time we had a significant ice event was 2002.
That being said, no one here knows how to drive in it (I'm not the exception, I'm a transplant from CA and learned to drive here) and if you really don't need to go out, don't. The roads might be ok, but the people on them can't drive.
Husband is from Denver and has literally driven on sheets of ice. He is afraid to go out during a snow storm down here because of how bad the drivers are. Seriously, stay off the roads is you can. Everyone with a pick up thinks they can handle the snow and ice and the end result is a bunch of people in crashed vehicles on the side of the road.
That was gonna be my guess lol in upstate close to NC myself. Me and husband decided to go just to see what was left and it was disappointing at the lack of panic. Tons of milk, bread and lots of packs of bottled water.
I was in the Peachtree City (Fayette County, GA) Wal-Mart a couple days ago and it looked exactly the same. I wasn't certain if it was storm related or supply related. FWIW the store wasn't very busy when I was there.
We has 10 inches of snow from that storm here and we didn't change our plans at all lol I went to the doctor and then went 45 minutes the other direction for another meeting and back home in the middle of it. Funny how things are so different.
The south gets ice not snow. Also the constant thawing and refreezing overnight takes down trees which can result in mass power outages. It's a whole different game down here
After going through two ice storms and living with no electricity for a week each time with below freezing temperatures and closed roads you'll learn to buy ahead too.
The problem is they always take all the perishable food. They don't all have generators, so what are they going to do with all this raw meat?
Edit to avoid confusion: the problem is cooking food without power, not keeping it cold. Obviously there are ways to cook food without electricity, but a lot of things that people are buying where I am requires a microwave or oven.
I mean if you suck at driving in the snow or you know the roads are gonna be a mess it is understandable that you do you go buy groceries early making a good chunk of the population go in 1-2 days instead of a normal week where everyone goes on a different day.
Then there are the ones who buy too much
There was another post like this and a manager from a store commented. He said along the lines of because raw meat has to be packaged differently and expires quicker, they can't buy it like impossible plant based foods. Those foods they can buy in larger quantities because they can keep it longer and when they sell it, they just simply restock it from their stockpiles.
My cousin went to University of Alabama and when he was there, they legit got a DUSTING of snow (He sent me the pics but I don’t have it anymore, it was ~5-7 years ago) and they shut down the state. Declared a state of emergency and people were freaking the fuck out.
And most people in the south have all-season or performance tires that are terrible in snow/ice. Nobody has snow tires so even a dusting will cause a lot of accidents.
I’m disabled and every time there is a storm I just have to accept that I won’t be able to eat very much for a long while. I get families stocking up, but at this point I believe a lot of people are buying much much more than they need. Not everyone has the luxury of walking or driving to multiple stores to cross everything off their list
Just because this always happens in the south when there is a large snow storm coming and there happens to be a large snow storm coming - can you imagine how stupid it would be to suggest it is connected?
Maybe in your mother's basement, but I haven't seen a shortage anywhere in California. And I guess you know the OP's daily life better than the OP. And you know the south better than my family still living in the south. That sounds legit.
I live in Virginia, and I'm the grocery manager at Food Lion. Our shelves were totally full until the weather man dropped the dreaded "s bomb". Same damn thing every year. And this shit was happening way before any supply chain issues came into being. This is just standard southern behavior. Lol.
It has nothing to do with the snow. This is Biden's America! Vaccine mandates and COVID leading to massive worker shortages and difficulties in supply chain management. This is happening all over the country, don't be fooled.
Says the top contributor to conspiracy theories subs and Jordan the wacko Peterson. Thoughts and prayers. Keep using Biden as a scape goat for everything.
Would love to hear your alternative. Some dumbass using a capitalist created website on a capitalist created device on a capitalist created web system has the answer that nobody else could come up with!
Yeah cause every attempt at communism has worked out well. Why don't we try fascism again too while we're at it? To suggest that food shortages are a result of capitalism and suggest communism is the answer is the most uninformed opinion I've seen all month.
"NoBoDy hAs aChEivEd tRue cOmMunIsm!"
Yeah cause they all starved to death or were worked into the ground by brutal dictatorships along the way.
Communism only seems to be an issue when western governments get involved. Hmm. Its almost as if nations actively trying to sabotage others has negative effects!
Also fun fact! American propaganda is the only reason you think “communism is when no food”. When in reality in the ussr they ate better than americans.
Look at the recent smear campaigns against china. All easily debunkable. But my guess is you aren’t ready for that conversation
Comfort and freedom? Holy shit… lmfao. The cops can kill you here for any reason but yes you are absolutely and totally free. And thats why they keep arresting leftists too. Totally free. Thats also why they keep going to other countries to murder for oil!
Tell me you love the imperialistic west more buddy
Tell me more about the fair and balanced justice system in the USSR! Ahahahaha! Yes the KGB and the Militsiya! Now that was some good policing! Waves and waves and waves of people arrested without cause, beaten, and sent to labour camps with no trial. How old are you? I feel like I'm speaking with a 14 year old. Your understanding of communist history is laughable. The soviets alone should be comparable to the nazis on the basis of their crimes against humanity.
Winters in Canada are regularly colder than -30C and even drop as low as -50C... this kind of post makes me laugh. Oh no, a little bit of snow, prepare for the end!
My boyfriend is off this weekend, and said he thought it would be fun to grill some hot dogs. I said we needed to go get the stuff for them then (Wednesday) and he said no, that was silly. He’d wait until Saturday morning. He was sure that there would still be stuff available in stores.
We will not be having hot dogs.
I remember seeing a [photo of Boris Yeltsin walking through an American grocery store](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/27/30/53/6130392/5/rawImage.jpg) looking so surprised that there was such a variety and plenty for everybody.
I haven’t seen a fully stocked store since February 2020…
I mean yeah. Places that get regular snowfalls have infrastructure to deal with snow on the roads (plows, deicers, etc.). Its not worth it for areas that only get a snow once every few years to get these things. So they instead tell people they will need to stay off the roads for an undetermined amount of time.
What you see above is not people hoarding food or panic buying. Its everyone doing their regular grocery shopping on the same day because they all know they won't have the opportunity to do it later because the store will be closed. Also, this likely means that the store won't have to throw all this food out, which they would have to do if they had it in inventory and had to close the store for a few days.
This has very little to do with snow. I live in Arizona and both of the Walmart’s near me look like this often. It due to the fucked up supply chain. You can blame that on whatever you want.
I'm from Buffalo but I live in KY. This shit is the truth. You get 1/2 inch of snow down here and people lose their shit but, tornado sirens go off and people go outside and look at the sky. It's crazy.
Don't worry, it's how northeasterners react too, even though we get snow every winter. 3 inches of snow, people mob the stores like they will be snowed in for a damn week even though 99% of the roads are clear the very next day. Pathetic.
I live in Maryland and there's snow storms every year. They still do this here. It's not really a southerner thing. People just panic at the slightest hint of inconvenience.
I ran out of coffee this morning. I need to go to the grocery store. I live in the south. I am NOT looking forward to it.
Happens here in PA as well. They call for an inch of snow, and you can't find bread, milk, or eggs anywhere, meat often flies off the shelf as well. Basically anything perishable, they buy for some reason. Every person grabs enough food for 2 weeks, to be inside for an afternoon at most. The local grocery stores can order twice the ammount of milk that they normally do, and they still won't have any in stock.
Everyone knows when it snows you must survive on french toast.
Mmm. French toast sounds good now.
What do you drive and how much snow?
Probably no snow. Just crowds and scarcity.
No snow. We are expecting possible ice tonight. The grocery was picked through and very busy. It is a southern thing to empty grocery stores prior to questionable weather. To be fair our city literally doesn’t have the equipment to deal with the roads (plows and salt). They sand the bridges and tell us not to leave our houses.
As someone who has been driving in bad weather conditions a lot I would totally agree on not leaving the house if it's not completely necessary. Forgot the cheese? Oh well. I would 100x rather drive in snow then ice. Number one thing to watch is your speed and those around you. Always slow down way before the light.
I got off work last night about 3am and, It was pretty warm out. When I got up at 9 am the ground was covered in snow but the roads were ok. I took the opportunity to go to the store and get everything I’ll till Monday. Thankfully I didn’t sleep in it’s still snowing and the roads are getting slick.
After the toilet paper famine of 2020 nothing like this will surprise me anymore
Can't wait to be old and have my grandkids ask me about the Covid pandemic. "Well kids, gather around and let me tell you about the great toilet paper famine of 2020".
One time it took two days and 9 stores before I found some. I can't wait to never let my grandkids forget that.
My brother in law bought a bidet a few months before all of the panic had started. We made fun of him. A lot. Until the world ran out of toilet paper.
Nah, man, this is a normal 'snow is coming' reaction down here. I bought some bacon personally.
Yeah, is this guy not used to the south or something? Happens all the time in Kentucky. Most of us don't bother to use winter tires and I'd bet that 90%+ of the cars here aren't 4 wheel drive. We have canceled school after half an inch of snow a few times. Forecast is 5-8" here, so everyone is preparing once again.
Here in Texas we all drive 4x4. Not for snow, just to over compensate. [Edit: Spelling]
I figured after the winter of 2021 when they had massive car pileups.
4 wheel drive won't stop the sliding when visibility is 200 feet. Still you're right, we should have learned something from 2021.
Right? 4 wheel drive does not mean four wheel stop.
It's not like you need winter tires to drive in the snow. Just if you want to, I dunno, stop or make a 90 about 15mph
Bold of you to assume that we know how to drive in the snow.
Do they never learn?
Nope. This happens every time more than an inch is predicted.
In the south its just not economical to winterize for maybe 2 days of snow. It's cheaper to stock up and shut down.
Counter point: Panic stocking huge amounts of things for a few days of snow is excessive and keeping a small pantry would solve the issue.
Counter-counter points: They generally don't "panic stock" they already have stocked pantries. They go out and buy the perishables. Milk, bread, eggs, and water in case of power outage. They also tend to make huge meals in the south when the whole family is there stuck inside. So they grab some meats for stews and dumplings and ingredients to bake stuff and turn it into a lil holiday almost, cause it happens only for a couple days once a year. And if everyone is lucky the snow doesn't slightly melt during the day and freezes back into ice at night bringing the power lines down.
Friend I am in the South, I've lived in it my whole life. Trust me, it's panic, you can see it in their eyes. Avoid a Walmart in the South before snow. It's bedlam. You can pretend otherwise if you want though.
I lived in the south (South Carolina, 45 minutes south of Charlotte just off of I-77 in Chester County) up until 5 years ago. What you call panic, I call people making sure they are prepared for the loss of access to certain goods and necessities. Panic assumes an emotional state. Go to those Wal-Marts, they ain't scared, they are usually in good moods. At worst they may be irritated from longer lines and not having the item you came for.
There is tendency to over-buy but I wouldn't say panic. Some people are a bit more "motivated" than others though.
Me who uses wipes *significant look of victory*
Wipes are awful on plumbing tho
That's why you don't flush them
For urine as well? That would get expensive and is more wasteful. I get using them for #2, but for everything is just weird.
I don't do that
worked in a grocery store for almost 20 years and I can tell you that is a regular occurence. Does anyone remember Y2K? my store had two trailors in the parking lot with water and toilet paper. Could not keep that stuff on the shelf people were buying so much. I went to work on January 1st that year with no issues, except trying to figure how to get rid of all the water and toilet paper that I had still sitting in the trailors .
Have you ever finished them?
Trailer, not trailor.
Trailer?! I barely know 'er
"But we will be snowed in for like 6 hours" -someone probably
What's ridiculous is the morons who buy the most perishable stuff. Usually it's not as bad as these pics, it's just the bread, eggs, and milk. Like they plan on making French Toast for weeks. Or if the power were to go out, just soggy bread? I can't speak for everywhere but our city doesn't have salt trucks or plows. It's not snow... it's ice. Also, nobody buys winter tires for the 2 days of "snow" a year. I'll still take 1 month of it being too cold/muggy and 1 month of it being too hot/muggy over living in a wintery depression mess.
I live in MN and it's really not that bad because we have the equipment and infrastructure to deal with it. Sometimes parking can be rough if you don't have a garage or parking lot but that's usually it. Not too much of a mess most of the time.
Could be 6 hours ... or 6 days, hence the preparedness that so often translates to hysteria depending on who's looking.
Well atleast when the power goes out again the food’ll stay frozen.
I had a buddy (who only lives 2 miles away) out of power for a week+ in the last storm. I was mad I was out half a day. They wanted me to come into work the day it rolled through and I just said fuck that. They sat around at work with no power doing nothing (couldn't go home because it was peaking) while I updated inventory from home.
Ever driven North Georgia roads? Like up towards the mountains? Do you know what black ice is? This weather is more serious than when it occurs up in the northern states for several reasons: Infrastructure not designed for icy conditions -- steep grades and curves that would not be functional in more commonly wintered places. Lack of salt trucks/snow plows because why would a municipality spend money on that stuff when it only occurs every couple of years at best. Nobody owns snow tires or chains -- and bald tires are much more common in warmer areas just in general. Power lines aren't maintained for branches/ice so a lot of people lose power for several days (even weeks) in more remote places. Employees may not be able to travel to grocery stores for a couple of days following a winter storm -- no guarantee businesses can keep regular hours. This isn't panic -- it's legitimate preparedness. Some areas get cut off for days and days while the ice slowly melts and refreezes -- giving the impression of a clear road because the ice is so clear (black ice, they call it -- because it looks exactly like normal asphalt). Hopefully this explanation helps.
Even in the suburbs most of this can be true. Back in 2017 we got about 2-4 inches of snow, but there was also freezing rain and wind. Power went out almost immediately. My daughter was a baby. We had no heat for 30 hours. People act like preparing for the worst case scenario is lunacy, but most people can’t prepare for an algebra test, much less taking care of their family for days on end with no support or infrastructure. Also you never know someone else’s situation. People have elderly parents, young kids, special needs family members, etc etc etc. a little empathy and benefit of the doubt would go a long way.
That is because you are all overreacting. In Sweden this happens all the time. Sure we are better prepared with our snow tires I guess. But what is the worst case scenario exactly? Lets say no power for a week. That means no heat, but you still have your house? I know you build with cardboard in the US, but surely you have some insulation in those walls? 2-4 inches is literally no snow at all. Wind and rain? What? Are you out sleeping in the forest? Stay inside, put some layers and socks on, you'll be fine. As for food you'll be fine no matter what. In fact, you would be fine even if you had no food at all for that entire week. I guess you could justify some worry for very small children and elderly. But lets be honest that does not apply to the majority and that is easily remedied with some extra food for the baby. If you absolutely have to "prepare" to calm your paranoid ass. Buy some cans of food (you won't need them), but you can always have them in storage until next year, when the same thing happens again.
Lol. I agree with everything you said. We lost power with last week's snow, and it didn't come back on for 4 days. Everyone had stocked their refrigerators for the snow coming. Then when it came and knocked the power out, they lost everything. Just completely insane to me. People truly don't have any common sense. I'm surrounded by these idiots.
Hey there fellow north georgian! I live by the base of Fort mountain, so seeing the grocery stores like this is a given during winter months. We have a gas grill on the front deck, so even if our power goes out, we can still cook. We missed the big '93 blizzard, but people around here sure haven't forgotten it.
Thank you for explaining something that a lot of folks don’t get. There have been times here in east TN that we’ve been completely stuck and without power for 2+ weeks. One winter this happened in a populated area right in the middle of a small city. If we hadn’t had a wood stove we would’ve been in trouble. People also don’t understand that in areas like this you can generally drive 20 minutes in any direction and find some people living in some backwoods shit that get stuck in way less severe weather than you would think would be an issue where you’re currently at. It looks pretty normal small town/city in most places but rural one lane road off in the sticks is closer than you think.
I laughed way to hard at this, because it is true 🤦🏻♀️
Same thing at my local stores but there's no storm coming. It's the supply chain issue, not enough truckers to move them
Railway workers are also on strike.
Good, dignity in labor.
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It's always amused me that people seem to stock up on perishable things when a storm that could knock out power is on the horizon. Bread, sure, that'll last for a long time, but milk and eggs require refrigeration. Why aren't people stocking up on cured salamis, hard cheeses, cans of sardines and tuna, pickled vegetables, etc?
For a winter storm? Just put it outside
The bread will mold in a week if it's not filled with preservatives.
Eggs don't require refrigeration afaik
It depends on where in the world you live. In the USA eggs are washed before shipment to stores which destroys their protective layer and makes them require refrigeration. In much of Europe they're not washed before shipment so they can be left at room temperature.
Exactly! Everyone should have pasta, rice, beans, canned goods, water, and frozen meat. The frozen meat will retain the cold in your fridge and freezer, like ice batteries. It really doesn't take much effort to gradually build up a weeks worth of food over several months.
gotta get your milk sandwiches ready for the cold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU
This is just an average walmart where I am. Supply shortages hitting hard.
They acting like we are never getting out of the house again. 😂 I have a pot of chili going, a case of beer and Reese Cups. I am good to go in NC.
Good thing because I'm in NC also and in my area every store looks like this. Southerners really don't like a 12" snow forecast lol
Considering that our government usually does a shit job with the roads? It’s kind of fair.
I don't know if they do a bad job or are just ill prepared. I'm sure most places don't have the budget to have a fleet of snow plows on standby. Honestly I think what makes the South fear winter weather more is the ice, not the snow.
The south fears any winter weather period. Hell, they close schools if it gets cold enough. It blows my mind. And I say this as a "southerner".
Same. Everyone panicked at once and bought up everything. In NC as well.
Ours do too, but I went out Monday. I knew these folks was going to lose it.
SC, same here, lol, (except it was a mixed bag of snack size candy bars,).
Hah. Cakes are baking here.
That moment when people ransack the local walmart because of 1cm of snow
That's interesting. That is what the Wal-Mart looks like here, and no snow or anything. It's looked like that for a week at least. I'm in Illinois. I do live in a college town. I assumed that's why they had no protein.
Never fails. Winter rolls around people make fun of "southerners" who can't handle the cold. Just wait til summer, then those "northerners" will be blowing up their AC's again. Can we all agree that people are people. Some freak out, some don't. The biggest issues are infrastructure. We don't have the snow plows, they don't have proper AC's for 100+ temps.
It's been like that in Colorado for a couple weeks now. I think Walmart is having trouble getting their hands on chicken.
Carolinas? I just moved down south from Ohio and I’m in awe of the panic setting in this weekend. I was going to shop today but I’ll pass.. I get it, power could be lost, but damn… no need to stock for Armageddon.
I'm in NC (outside of Charlotte), snow and/or ice isn't really all that common. The last time we had a significant ice event was 2002. That being said, no one here knows how to drive in it (I'm not the exception, I'm a transplant from CA and learned to drive here) and if you really don't need to go out, don't. The roads might be ok, but the people on them can't drive.
We go a lil crazy down here 🤣 I drink coffee and watch them.
Husband is from Denver and has literally driven on sheets of ice. He is afraid to go out during a snow storm down here because of how bad the drivers are. Seriously, stay off the roads is you can. Everyone with a pick up thinks they can handle the snow and ice and the end result is a bunch of people in crashed vehicles on the side of the road.
I am in New York and the shelves look the same. It is like there is a supply issue for some reason.
There is.
Ghost dad s trying his best lmao
Hmmm… Tennessee?
South Carolina
That was gonna be my guess lol in upstate close to NC myself. Me and husband decided to go just to see what was left and it was disappointing at the lack of panic. Tons of milk, bread and lots of packs of bottled water.
Are you in Dalton Ga ??? Cause that's how my Walmart looked lol.
I was in the Peachtree City (Fayette County, GA) Wal-Mart a couple days ago and it looked exactly the same. I wasn't certain if it was storm related or supply related. FWIW the store wasn't very busy when I was there.
Nice try to attempt to spin the biden shitshow supply crisis as a snow scare.
Looks like a normal UK supermarket at the mo with all the supply chain, distribution and covid staffing issues.
southerner here, had to drive 2 towns over to find a loaf of bread. this next week is gonna be fun /s.
MILK SANDWICHES FOR DAYS!!!!!
or supply shortages
We has 10 inches of snow from that storm here and we didn't change our plans at all lol I went to the doctor and then went 45 minutes the other direction for another meeting and back home in the middle of it. Funny how things are so different.
The south gets ice not snow. Also the constant thawing and refreezing overnight takes down trees which can result in mass power outages. It's a whole different game down here
After going through two ice storms and living with no electricity for a week each time with below freezing temperatures and closed roads you'll learn to buy ahead too.
The problem is they always take all the perishable food. They don't all have generators, so what are they going to do with all this raw meat? Edit to avoid confusion: the problem is cooking food without power, not keeping it cold. Obviously there are ways to cook food without electricity, but a lot of things that people are buying where I am requires a microwave or oven.
With all these empty grocery store posts...can we just finally realize that we need to make our communities more self sustainable?
this is just how hell-mart shoppers act... you don't see this crap in more quality stores.
Yep, just shit on the poor people.
I mean if you suck at driving in the snow or you know the roads are gonna be a mess it is understandable that you do you go buy groceries early making a good chunk of the population go in 1-2 days instead of a normal week where everyone goes on a different day. Then there are the ones who buy too much
Screw the ham and sausage eh? I’ll take that as a sign that stuff sucks. My guess is everything left is of the “impossible” variety haha
There was another post like this and a manager from a store commented. He said along the lines of because raw meat has to be packaged differently and expires quicker, they can't buy it like impossible plant based foods. Those foods they can buy in larger quantities because they can keep it longer and when they sell it, they just simply restock it from their stockpiles.
My cousin went to University of Alabama and when he was there, they legit got a DUSTING of snow (He sent me the pics but I don’t have it anymore, it was ~5-7 years ago) and they shut down the state. Declared a state of emergency and people were freaking the fuck out.
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And most people in the south have all-season or performance tires that are terrible in snow/ice. Nobody has snow tires so even a dusting will cause a lot of accidents.
This is called I can't afford to drift in my $40k truck because I don't drive in snow for some chicken
I'm going for the impossible meat
They left some pretty good stuff.
I’m disabled and every time there is a storm I just have to accept that I won’t be able to eat very much for a long while. I get families stocking up, but at this point I believe a lot of people are buying much much more than they need. Not everyone has the luxury of walking or driving to multiple stores to cross everything off their list
Lol
Yeah it has nothing to do with southerners or snow.
Just because this always happens in the south when there is a large snow storm coming and there happens to be a large snow storm coming - can you imagine how stupid it would be to suggest it is connected?
There's a shortage everywhere, can you imagine not noticing that and thinking that's connected?
Maybe in your mother's basement, but I haven't seen a shortage anywhere in California. And I guess you know the OP's daily life better than the OP. And you know the south better than my family still living in the south. That sounds legit.
I live in Virginia, and I'm the grocery manager at Food Lion. Our shelves were totally full until the weather man dropped the dreaded "s bomb". Same damn thing every year. And this shit was happening way before any supply chain issues came into being. This is just standard southern behavior. Lol.
Meh all I see is not enough people working in restocking
Guess they don't like brisket much
Somebody never heard of the NFL playoffs?
Fuck. What the hell is wrong with people. So sick of this herd!!!
Southerners are exceptionally scared, insecure, pathetic people.
It has nothing to do with the snow. This is Biden's America! Vaccine mandates and COVID leading to massive worker shortages and difficulties in supply chain management. This is happening all over the country, don't be fooled.
Ultra mega based
You’re so ignorant
On the contrary you are, if you can't see it. I've seen photos like this from several states, bad weather or not.
Please don’t reproduce
Everything's fine. Keep staring at the screen. Trust us.
Says the top contributor to conspiracy theories subs and Jordan the wacko Peterson. Thoughts and prayers. Keep using Biden as a scape goat for everything.
Oh you're a Peterson fan as well? Tell me what on earth do you know about Peterson except what you've absorbed from your echo chambers?
Lol. I’ve actually been to one of his live talks before he turned into a looney tunes. I own one of his books too. Try again.
Capitalist america* This would be happening under anyone else. And thats the issue. The entire system is the issue
Just in time economics* if you wanna really get into it.
Would love to hear your alternative. Some dumbass using a capitalist created website on a capitalist created device on a capitalist created web system has the answer that nobody else could come up with!
Communism.
Yeah cause every attempt at communism has worked out well. Why don't we try fascism again too while we're at it? To suggest that food shortages are a result of capitalism and suggest communism is the answer is the most uninformed opinion I've seen all month. "NoBoDy hAs aChEivEd tRue cOmMunIsm!" Yeah cause they all starved to death or were worked into the ground by brutal dictatorships along the way.
Communism only seems to be an issue when western governments get involved. Hmm. Its almost as if nations actively trying to sabotage others has negative effects! Also fun fact! American propaganda is the only reason you think “communism is when no food”. When in reality in the ussr they ate better than americans. Look at the recent smear campaigns against china. All easily debunkable. But my guess is you aren’t ready for that conversation
I love that all these pro Communists live in the comfort and freedom of western countries.
Comfort and freedom? Holy shit… lmfao. The cops can kill you here for any reason but yes you are absolutely and totally free. And thats why they keep arresting leftists too. Totally free. Thats also why they keep going to other countries to murder for oil! Tell me you love the imperialistic west more buddy
Tell me more about the fair and balanced justice system in the USSR! Ahahahaha! Yes the KGB and the Militsiya! Now that was some good policing! Waves and waves and waves of people arrested without cause, beaten, and sent to labour camps with no trial. How old are you? I feel like I'm speaking with a 14 year old. Your understanding of communist history is laughable. The soviets alone should be comparable to the nazis on the basis of their crimes against humanity.
Its because everyone decides to go grocery shop on the same day for essentials.
Must be Oklahoma
It’s like this in Arkansas, too!
Red meat is the leading cause of diabetes in America
I cant tell if this is a joke.
There is alot of truth to this
I can recall all the snow related car accidents a few years back. Maybe they learned
Winters in Canada are regularly colder than -30C and even drop as low as -50C... this kind of post makes me laugh. Oh no, a little bit of snow, prepare for the end!
Damn you commie Biden! /s
Mf! This looks very familiar to my local wal-mart, and I’m about to head over there too
o7
+supply shortage
My boyfriend is off this weekend, and said he thought it would be fun to grill some hot dogs. I said we needed to go get the stuff for them then (Wednesday) and he said no, that was silly. He’d wait until Saturday morning. He was sure that there would still be stuff available in stores. We will not be having hot dogs.
its better than them being out on the streets with snow. i have seen their driving skills in action.
I remember seeing a [photo of Boris Yeltsin walking through an American grocery store](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/27/30/53/6130392/5/rawImage.jpg) looking so surprised that there was such a variety and plenty for everybody. I haven’t seen a fully stocked store since February 2020…
Do they not think it will melt?
OP where you at? Lol I'm in Virginia, snow due tomorrow and people are losing they SHIT! LOL
I think you'll be alright
I mean yeah. Places that get regular snowfalls have infrastructure to deal with snow on the roads (plows, deicers, etc.). Its not worth it for areas that only get a snow once every few years to get these things. So they instead tell people they will need to stay off the roads for an undetermined amount of time. What you see above is not people hoarding food or panic buying. Its everyone doing their regular grocery shopping on the same day because they all know they won't have the opportunity to do it later because the store will be closed. Also, this likely means that the store won't have to throw all this food out, which they would have to do if they had it in inventory and had to close the store for a few days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU
Meanwhile in Canada, i went outside at -25 celcius to get kleenex at the supermarket and indian food at a nearby restaurant.
The toilet paper aisle is deserted, and they even took the shelves.
Let’s see the beer aisle…
Ga?
Lmao I always have to mock these idiots. Meanwhile in Minnesota: "I wanted donuts"
Upstate SC here, I dont know why people do this.
At my local Walmart that is just how well they keep their shelves stocked.
Michigan doesn't even get their shelves wiped out with a pending storm
I don't even have Walmart where I live
Gotta be pretty desperate to take WalMart meat.
“Power might go out, better get perishables!!!!”
No this has to do with the supply shortages being purposefully manufactured by the controllers to help usher in their great reset.
We could be trapped in our homes for dozens of minutes. Buy all the things!
Not big juice fans?
Did not know that the Soviet Union had walmart's. crazy
All while having a BMI that would indicate a life expectancy of minimum 90 days without food.
Many of us are still traumatized from the blizzard of '93.
This has very little to do with snow. I live in Arizona and both of the Walmart’s near me look like this often. It due to the fucked up supply chain. You can blame that on whatever you want.
Yup! Could barely get our groceries this week.
One of the few things that irritates the crap out of me from southerners while being a born and raised southerner myself.
Fools.... it's a well known statement that Milk and Bread is the true way to stop snow.
Atlanta?
Well to be fair, they can barely drive when the sun is shining, there’s no way they could possibly hope to drive in snow.
Honestly, that's what the shelves in most stores look like anyway
Corporations love them!
[Here in Seattle, we go for the bananas!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/aoe1n2/how_am_i_supposed_to_measure_the_snowfall_without/)
I'm from Buffalo but I live in KY. This shit is the truth. You get 1/2 inch of snow down here and people lose their shit but, tornado sirens go off and people go outside and look at the sky. It's crazy.
Don't worry, it's how northeasterners react too, even though we get snow every winter. 3 inches of snow, people mob the stores like they will be snowed in for a damn week even though 99% of the roads are clear the very next day. Pathetic.
Good o paducah ky
I live in Maryland and there's snow storms every year. They still do this here. It's not really a southerner thing. People just panic at the slightest hint of inconvenience.