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How many of them knew the whole system was down? That's one thing, and it's why I suggested early in this thread grocery stores with significant numbers of SNAP customers should have put signs in the entrance that SNAP was down.
If you know that it's a system-wide tech blip, it's easier to sit back and be patient than if you just think your benefits have for some reason been cut off, which is something that likely won't be fixed any time soon.
IDK. I went to the grocery Sunday and there were multiple signs on the door. One would think the business would put a sign up.
Isnt there a number on the back of the SNAP card one could call on their Obama phone for information. Or check the internet, FB, twitter, etc.
Is it common for them to cut off benefits in the middle of a month. I assume if they cut you off you still have the remaining balance for that month.
I have only had shut ins happen a few times in my life but having supplies on hand was a life saver. Something I learned from my dad and my mom taught me how to can.
Yes even TN girls have it covered. Ammo has become harder to find and afford though. Thinking about getting a crossbow, but I probably couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with it.
Please forgive the assumption. Everyone I know who doesn't have a large stash is reloading. That's always a possibility (but even reloading supplies are expensive.)
For us, shut-ins are not common outside high elevations. For the big ones, we might lose power for 2-3 days, but people in remote areas have been known to lose power for two weeks or more. If the municipal water company loses power, you have no water.
I like to keep one 55 gal. drum of water per person, plus canned food (which I rotate and eat most of because my wife and daughter hate it) and Mountain House freeze dried stuff. The Mountain House can get expensive. Plus all the things you mentioned, especially batteries.
If things get really bad there are plenty of cats around here.
Oh, and deer because no one hunts them. That could change in a life-and-death situation.
I mean, yes. If people are actually poor, why would they have a whole bunch of food stocked up? They can def go to a food bank or whatever resource they have in their community if there is one (rural areas may not have easily accessible resources, though, and urban areas may require more time and a bus ride/fare). They have backpack programs for school kids that are funded through charities but that’s not an immediate thing that you can just sign up for and receive one week.
I live in a rural area. There are food banks of all kinds that give out food, most of them twice a month. I get food from them through several people I know and their friends who get food stamps, on disability, etc. They give me excess food and things they dont like, especially produce. I've noticed they give out lots of beans (dried and canned) and rice and bread. I mentioned before that Sunday I was given, among other things, a big bag of Kale. She thought it was collard greens and was going to throw it out. Sometimes I have been given canned goods, beans and rice because they have so much already they dont have room to store anymore.
You dont have to have a whole bunch of food stored, but surely, unless your homeless, you have enough for more than one day.
If you are 18 to 49, have no minor children, and are not receiving disability, you are supposed to work 20 hours a week and you have to get it constantly signed off and regularly submit the forms. Last year my therapist signed for me. She had signed for me every year since they took the disability income. They have not mailed me the yearly form yet but it should be soon. She left so I don't know what is going to happen now.
the link i showed mentions no such stipulation. can you show me one that does?
I'm not making excuses. I'm discussing real time realities, and how this likely unfolded.
It was a Sunday morning. Do you think the government offices are taking phone calls then? I doubt it.
I think I likely saw someone that morning unable to use their SNAP card, although at the time I just thought it was a declined credit card.
There were no signs at my grocery store explaining the blip, likely because there aren't a lot of SNAP users that use that store.
The same bump feels a lot different to the person in the front of the bus than it does to the person in the back.
Its my understanding there is an automated system when using cards. IDK but I would think the message would be on there. I would think the word would spread via FB, twitter, the news, etc. I'm sure there were a few taken by surprise. Most of us has had the same sort of experience at one time or another. No need to freak out and claim you are going to starve.
Its my understanding there is an automated system when using cards. IDK but I would think the message would be on there. I would think the word would spread via FB, twitter, the news, etc. I'm sure there were a few taken by surprise. Most of us has had the same sort of experience at one time or another. No need to freak out and claim you are going to starve.
if the system is down, how would there be a message on the system??
if the system is down, how would there be a message on the system??
Well I dont know how it works but I know there are different departments. Just because it won't process cards does not mean the phones or offices, etc. aren't running. I dont think the phones are connected to the card readers.
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Plus all the things you mentioned, especially batteries.
