Hampton Cove Publix (houses, buying, utilities)

[zenjenn]

Under threat of two inches of snow:

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs190.snc3/19742_239717668811_620343811_3134929_2716631_n.jpg (broken link)

Photo taken January 6, 2010. I'm seriously wondering if I need to stockpile a few months of food in case there's ever a REAL emergency!

[Pirat_cat]

That's awesome! Maybe people are still scarred from the Blizzard of 93

[HB2HSV]

That's impressive !

[friday13]

Originally Posted by zenjenn

Under threat of two inches of snow:



Photo taken January 6, 2010. I'm seriously wondering if I need to stockpile a few months of food in case there's ever a REAL emergency!

Maybe you should ... living there over the mountain. How's Walmart bread isle?

[Yoo Shin]

Reminds me of when I lived in Houston and the last hurricane Rita was approaching as a Cat 3. People freaked out, clearing the shelves of stores, gas stations went empty and literally millions of people where stranded on the freeways for 3 days trying to get out. Turned out to be a "week" 2 that hit Beaumont, not even coming close to Houston.

Then came Gustav which was just a Cat 1 that was predicted to blow over in a day. People LOLed and said they were not going any where and made zero preparations. Turned out to hit as a strong 2 and sat on top of Houston for 2 days, long enough to flood much of Houston disabling all communication, electricity and utilities. Once people where able to get out 3-4 days later, to stores to buy bread, water, gas etc, it was too late, stores were completely empty as the normal trucks that come into town to restock the stores and gas stations were unable to do so, which was the case for the following 2 weeks.

Moral of the story: Better to be over prepared then under.

[zenjenn]

How's Walmart bread isle?

My husband (who took the photo) said he overheard customers saying Wal-mart was already COMPLETELY out of bread!

[Charles]

Wow, thanks for posting that - excellent.

What did the beer cooler look like considering 1) the weather and 2) tonight's big football game?

[gsp4ever]

LOVE that pic!!! I noticed that WAFF was playing up the "Winter Storm 2010" theme on last night's news. National Weather Service predicts a dusting to a few tenths of an inch. That's hilarious.

[tammie2]

Originally Posted by Yoo Shin

Reminds me of when I lived in Houston and the last hurricane Rita was approaching as a Cat 3. People freaked out, clearing the shelves of stores, gas stations went empty and literally millions of people where stranded on the freeways for 3 days trying to get out. Turned out to be a "week" 2 that hit Beaumont, not even coming close to Houston.

Then came Gustav which was just a Cat 1 that was predicted to blow over in a day. People LOLed and said they were not going any where and made zero preparations. Turned out to hit as a strong 2 and sat on top of Houston for 2 days, long enough to flood much of Houston disabling all communication, electricity and utilities. Once people where able to get out 3-4 days later, to stores to buy bread, water, gas etc, it was too late, stores were completely empty as the normal trucks that come into town to restock the stores and gas stations were unable to do so, which was the case for the following 2 weeks.

Moral of the story: Better to be over prepared then under.

You should have come down after Ike. I have never seen anything like it in my life.

After Rita we had frozen pizza and bread at the local stores, nothing to put on the bread, just bread. No milk, no eggs, nothing. It was mainly due to power outages and such. So my memory of Rita was a bit different.

After Ike I didn't venture back to Houston for 3 or 4 weeks, I wanted to make sure the roads were cleared to residents, power was restored, etc. I also figured this was enough time to have more than frozen pizza and bread-WRONG!! There was nothing in the stores, they were all open, but had no grocery items and most of the non-grocery items were in damaged packaging, I couldn't believe they were selling them and people were buying. Everything perishible had been lost not only at the stores, but at the local warehouses, many of the stores still had buckets to catch water coming in the roofs and boards instead of windows and doors, it was CRAZY. It was like being transported to a third world country.

So yes, I was one of the idiots out yesterday buying milk(and even a loaf of bread in case of power loss). I don't worry about not being able to drive in it, I am from Chicago, I got my license in a snowstorm(imagine 3 point turns in the snow, once you have done that, you can do anything ), I just worry about the people who didn't learn to drive in a snowstorm And if nothing comes of this storm, nothing will go to waste, no worries about that, better safe than sorry.

[HB2HSV]

I hope everyone also got their cars all fueled up. A few hundred $$$ of cash at hand, and find an alternate heating source for the house in case the electricity goes out.

Hurricane Ike/ Rita is nothing compare with the angry-mob of alabama football fans if the electricity goes out during the game !!!