Pics from around the country of friday panic shopping

[Demovictory9]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8084011/Panic-shoppers-line-block-hours-amid-coronavirus-fears.html







MIAMI, FLORIDA: Some customers shopped with friends as they stocked up together at a Miami customer. This woman pushes a pallet laden down with bottled water for her and her pals









TARZANA, CALIFORNIA: Rations were also put in place at a CVS in Tarzana, California. Several residents in the area have tested positive to coronavirus after returning from a ski trip in Italy

[dem4decades]

1. Could someone please tell me why people are buying water?

Are the public water utilities not going to work.?

[C_U_L8R]

6. They have no confidence in Trump

Lord knows what will happen with that idiot at the helm.

[58Sunliner]

10. They may be afraid the water supply will be contaminated? To drink when sick?

I fill 5 gallon bottles at the store.

[captain queeg]

34. Don't know. Doesn't make sense at all

[2naSalit]

35. There's that and

In some places, the tap water sucks and people buy water already. And you may see one person with a full cart but how many people are they buying for who didn't go shopping with them.

I don't drink tap water so I woud be one of those buying water, as I do every week... and I have well water but it smells funny unless I boil it so I use it for cooking but I won't drink a glass of it from the tap. In southern CA, I don't even like bathing in that stuff let alone thinking it safe even when boiled.

[customerserviceguy]

68. Also

if you do depend on bottled water instead of tap water, there's a reasonable chance that the supply chain will be severely disrupted. The bottling plant could have an outbreak, causing their workers to be quarantined, the warehouses, the truckers, etc.

Besides, paper towels, TP, and bottled water have a very long shelf life, not requiring refrigeration. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[TheBlackAdder]

52. Wow! Some people are losing their shit. They worry about living, while their diet says otherwise.

[JHB]

113. That would explain all the toilet paper, though

[TheBlackAdder]

139. You know, that makes sense! 🤔✅

[Chainfire]

149. You have it wrong

People are buying the stores out of toilet paper on speculation. The idea is that people, when they really need to go, will trade food for toilet paper. It will become the new currency in the post disaster world. Toilet paper will probably be listed on the currency exchanges across the world. Whopper, fry and coke? 1/4 roll, unscented. Bottle of whiskey; a 9 pack of Charmin.....

Personally, while others are hoarding toilet paper, I am trying to corner the market on sugar. With sugar, I can make whiskey, with whiskey, I can own the world.

[TheBlackAdder]

152. Dang!

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[mdelaguna]

56. Thank you. It's so weird.

[Baitball Blogger]

64. My City's water is not safe.

Big surprise, not. They don't do public government well.

[customerserviceguy]

66. Every utility

needs workers who run the place. Yes, in the modern era, it takes very few to run a water plant compared to the number of people it serves, but they still have to have training, plant operator licenses, etc. If someone gets COVID-19, it is possible that everyone else in the plant was exposed through the same lunchroom, meeting rooms, etc.

So, you either ask these people to soldier on until they get sick, or you quarantine them all until the magic number of days has passed. It's that way with every other utility out there.

[MichMan]

79. What about police, fire,hospitals ?

I guess people should stock up on weapons and ammunition too in case it ends up being the apocalypse with total lawlessness

[customerserviceguy]

81. I'm sure

that gun dealers are seeing an uptick in sales.

You posted under my answer as to why utilities could very well be affected, do you disagree with any of the points I made?

[yonder]

127. You nailed it.

Somebody has to open the big valve, throw the big switch, etc., if that doesn't get done, what then? Eventual collapse of systems.

[Joe Short]

100. Extra

We buy water anyway. No reason not to get some extra while we are out.

[Chainfire]

108. It is highly unlikely that the utilities will fail, but not beyond the realm of possibility

It takes people to keep the utilities working. If people will not or can not go to work the infrastructure would fail quickly. That is not only water, but electricity, gas, and sewer. That kind of scenario is so unlikely as to be only though of in theoretical terms Tit is more of a nuclear war scenario than a flue pandemic.

If things became that apocalyptic having 20 cases of bottled water would only shortly delay the inevitable. In cities, if water distribution failed, then the toilets don't flush, which would mean that in a short time large buildings in particular, and cities in general, become uninhabitable, the streets would fill with excrement, and other deadly health issues would quickly arise. At that point, you would have many choices of what to die from; the flu, cholera or hepatitis, are among the many possibilities.

[Turbineguy]

110. S Pellegrino water

bottled in the epicenter of the COVID 19 outbreak in Italy.

Nice touch.

[LiberalArkie]

154. Hurricane and earth preparedness lists is what I would imagine.

Notice no food and stuff you would really if you were stuck at home.

Where are the aspirins, cold medicine, easy to prepare food for the home alone person.

[Squinch]

2. OK, I really don't get this. Why water? And why more than a month or two worth of toilet paper?

[dem4decades]

9. If they have 2 months worth of toilet paper they'd better have 2 months of food.

[Squinch]

11. But none of them seem to have much food. It's all water and toilet paper.

[2naSalit]

37. There isn't much food at Costco that I

would eat. I buy some stuff there like some paper products or something that comes in bulk which would last until I can use it all. The groceries I get come from a different store.

[DesertRat]

119. I buy a lot of groceries at Costco

Coffee, chicken, canned vegetables, frozen fish, etc. are all much cheaper than I can get in my grocery store. And I find the Kirkland store brand to be high quality. Our Costco is a mile and half from home so very convenient too.

[2naSalit]

156. For me it's an expedition.

I have a bit of a drive to the nearest city that has one. The grocery store I frequent is employee owned so I don't mind going there, it's still less expensive than the Albertson's in town.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Conversely, if they have 2 months worth of food they'd better have 2 months of toilet paper.

Although spring is coming and there will be leaves, if necessary.

[frazzled]

20. 60 rolls of toilet paper (2 packs of 30)?

That would last us a year. 60 rolls in 60 days: that’s a roll every day. Admittedly, there’s only two of us, but a roll lasts probably at least a week.

They should be limiting purchases.

[Ms. Toad]

29. Pretty much our normal purchase.

Whenever it's on sale, we stock up. I'd guess we have at least 48 rolls in the house now.

[True Blue American]

128. Same here

I stock up when on sale. Am always ahead.

Since Trump says it will go away with warmer weather, we are fine! m

[Ms. Toad]

131. Um . . . no.

Yesterday seems to have been a tipping point.

I was ordered to come up with a teach-out plan, in case the university has to close for the rest of the semester. All university sponsored international travel was canceled at least through May 31. A conference we go to every year in Denver was cancelled, and my spouse was astounded that one of her clients was told that their immune-compromised child could either stay home indefinitely - or - go to school with a mask and gloves.

We're in Ohio - where (last I checked) there are not any confirmed cases yet.

[True Blue American]

133. 2 people

From the Dayton area on Cruise ship..I live north, off I 70.

[Ms. Toad]

135. Must be in the 16 added since about 8 PM last night.

There's a potential for cases in my county (precisely one handshake away from me). A judge in a local court returned from Italy 6 days ago. No one bothered to question her at the airports in Philly or Cleveland. She contacted the local board of health when her daughter (who lives in France & met them in Italy) became ill.

Absolutely no informaiton at the board of health about how to handle it (and they took most of the day to sort it out by reaching out to various state or higher agencies). Initially she was going to self-quarantine for 14 days from the last day she saw her daughter (not her last day in Italy). I think that was changed to a mandatory self-quarantine from her return from Italy - but I'll find out tomorrow. (My spouse is on the board of health - so I know a bit more of the back story)

But since I teach at the local law school . . . and our students work in her courtroom; in her building - if she has it, I'm one handshake away.

[True Blue American]

137. Please keep us informed.

If yo have Spectrum, channel 1 gives Ohio news all day long,too.

[Ms. Toad]

140. No confirmed cases in Ohio - yet.

https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/Novel-Coronavirus/2019-nCoV

(Updated as of 2:00 PM today.)

[True Blue American]

141. Thank you.

Debating about going to early service Church tomorrow. Very small group and they count on me.

[Ms. Toad]

142. So far - I'm just ramping up what I do normally to avoid seasonal illnesses -

Wash frequently
Don't touch surfaces (I wear sweaters and pull my hands inside my sweater to grab hold of doorknobs, etc.)

I've added extra sanitizer swipes:

Meet & greets where I can't avoid handshakes without being rude - sanitize before touching my face or eating.

Buffets (which I'll probably stop altogether) - but for now, sanitizing after touching the common serving utensils before eating

I've had the flu no more than once in the past decade. I get a minor cold about every other year.

[True Blue American]

143. Many are now

Touching elbows instead of shaking hands. Most are covered. I saw Pence do that this morning.

[Ms. Toad]

146. I wasn't able to convince one potential student to avoid shaking hands

Ironically, after I spoke with him for a while, I learned he is in nursing home administration.

[True Blue American]

147. Maybe they will learn

If they see Pence.

Not sure that Doctor Trump will be much good. Of course he understands it all being a natural and stable genius!

[2naSalit]

39. What of they have a big household?

[DesertRat]

122. Some shop at Costco for businesses, group homes, daycares, etc.

[John Fante]

30. 63 million Americans voted for Donald Trump.

Does that answer your questions?

[Squinch]

32. Lol! Yep!

[llmart]

48. +1000

Bingo!

[Renew Deal]

86. I also don't understand the water

This isn't like a hurricane that could pollute water.

[uppityperson]

3. Spam!!!

[dem4decades]

13. Oh God, i just commented about 2 months worth of food, imagine if it's all Spam?

Spam and eggs
Spam and spam
Etc.

[Turbineguy]

44. That's why they need

the toilet paper.

[Demovictory9]

95. low sodium spam!

[JHB]

118. Obligatory

(skip to 20 s)

[GoCubsGo]

134. I have been told that the new hickory-smoked SPAM is delicious.

I'd love to try it, but not by the case-load! That's enough SPAM to feed an Army.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I don't get why people are buying water.

I get why you'd buy water to prepare for an emergency where a city's water supply might be cut off or become unsafe, but WTF? There's a whole lot of stupid going around, I guess.

[Demovictory9]

12. it's a habit - water buying for earthquake, storm, The Civil unrest after the Rodney King verdict

it's what people know to do.

[customerserviceguy]

69. Whenever a snowstorm

was coming when I was in NY, everybody would buy bread, milk and eggs. One of the cashiers laughed when I said that snow apparently causes people to crave French toast.

[Demovictory9]

94. lol...yeah..why not spaghetti and oatmeal?

[klook]

23. A poster in another thread gets water from a private well.

If the power goes out, they're screwed. In that case, hoarding bottled water makes sense. For the average citizen? I don't think so.

[MichMan]

59. Why would there be power outages?

[customerserviceguy]

70. See my post #66. n/t

[MichMan]

82. Better go out and buy weapons and ammo for when the police department all gets quarantined & or sick

[customerserviceguy]

83. That's the second time on this thread

you've said that. Is there a point that you'd like to make that I'm not getting?

So far, I've picked up that you think that bottled water = guns and ammo.

[MichMan]

92. I think it's ridiculous that we should prepare in case every public utility shuts down

No power, no water, no sewer, no phone service. Are you one of those people in the pictures emptying the shelves of everything?

When all the police, fire and first responders are all sick, better have a years supply of ammo and weapons to make sure roving mobs of criminals aren't stealing our precious toilet paper, lysol, and bottled water hoards just in case.

Maybe we should all buy 100 5 gallon gas cans and fill them all. Gasoline supplies might be halted when refinery workers, fuel trucks, and gas station employees are all sick and/or quarantined. I mean it could happen, right?

[customerserviceguy]

93. We shopped modestly

When we went to Costco earlier this week, we bought one package of TP, and one of everything else that we were there for. Wait, that's not true, we did pick up two four-packs of jarred peaches. Costco-sized packages can last two people for quite a while.

And you're exactly right about gasoline. After Hurricane Sandy, it was very tough to get fuel to get to work. That prompted me to buy my hybrid Hyundai Sonata, so that I could fill the tank prior to the next storm, and still have enough gas to get to my job for the next two weeks. And yes, that car's tank is full in my driveway right now, if power goes out, I can charge my cell phone from it if necessary. If there's still cell phone service.

A lot of folks who stocked up for Y2K were glad that they had those stocks in place when Hurricane Katrina ripped through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

"Be Prepared" used to be an honorable maxim of the Boy Scouts, it seems like you've got it made out to be sociopathic.

[MichMan]

96. You can praise the people pictured in the OP for just being prepared if you like

Does not look like rational behavior to me. I think they just look like fools waiting in lines and emptying the shelves like that.

In the meantime, the person that just needed to buy their normal amount of TP or bottled water because they needed it is SOL, because others had to buy 3 months worth.

[stopdiggin]

98. the "survivalist" nut job has now become

Mr. and Mrs Suburb. And we're all going to pretend like this is now rational behavior.

[DesertRat]

117. I wonder how many are shopping for group homes, etc.?

My Costco had lines of people buying t.p. and paper towels and that's what came to mind.

[mahina]

103. There's a term for that logical fallacy-

Reductio absurdum

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum


In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for '"reduction to absurdity"'), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity&quot , apagogical arguments, negation introduction or the appeal to extremes, is a form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.[1][2] It can be used to disprove a statement by showing that it would inevitably lead to a ridiculous, absurd, or impractical conclusion,[3] or to prove a statement by showing that if it were false, then the result would be absurd or impossible.[4][5] Traced back to classical Greek philosophy in Aristotle's Prior Analytics[5] (Greek: ἡ ?ἰ? ?ὸ ἀ?ύ????? ἀ?ό??????, lit. 'demonstration to the impossible', 62b), this technique has been used throughout history in both formal mathematical and philosophical reasoning, as well as in debate.[6]

The "absurd" conclusion of a reductio ad absurdum argument can take a range of forms, as these examples show:

The Earth cannot be flat; otherwise, we would find people falling off the edge.
There is no smallest positive rational number because, if there were, then it could be divided by two to get a smaller one.
The first example argues that denial of the premise would result in a ridiculous conclusion, against the evidence of our senses. The second example is a mathematical proof by contradiction (also known as an indirect proof[7]), which argues that the denial of the premise would result in a logical contradiction (there is a "smallest" number and yet there is a number smaller than it).[8]

Interesting stuff!

[klook]

80. Per that poster:

“... there have been years that even the city water system was down after a bad storm and running water was not available for days at a time.”

So I presume if you’re fighting the coronavirus and there’s a power outage that knocks out your water, you won’t be in shape to drive somewhere to get bottled water (and hope there is some left to buy).

The poster illuminates further:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13046159

[Chainfire]

109. Not at all "screwed"

I believe that I am the poster mentioned. If the power goes out, you simply pull the flexible pipe out of the well shaft and drop a bucket down on a rope just like they did a hundred years ago. I can pull the pipes and I own a bucket and a rope, so I could continue to fix my meals, brush my teeth and flush my toilet.....I would also have the option of drawing non-potable water from the creek 200' behind my house. While this kind of existence offers many advantages, it is also offset by being 40 miles from a hospital, 12 miles from a grocery store, and at least a half hour from a police response to a serious problem. It is a life choice that was made 30 years ago as someone who was sick to death of city life, (I came here from Miami and had lived for a time in Chicago) and never regretted for a single moment. My wife and I value privacy above convenience and above making piles of money.

As it turns out, this lifestyle offers some advantages in the ability to adjust to situations that would not be available to a city dweller, however, that was not the point of our lifestyle choices. While I am fairly well prepared to live in complete isolation for a couple of months, I am certainly not a "apocalypse prepper." that said, I was a good Boy Scout and I am a fair to middling at planning ahead.

[klook]

125. See Post 80 in this thread for link to the other post I mentioned.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213052655#post80

Interesting description of your life in a rural area. Hope all goes well for you and your wife.

[Timewas]

136. private well

I have 2 of them but the pipe is only 6 inches, the pump is located 125 feet down,the water level is bout 30 feet down.So in order to drop a bucket down for water I would need to pull the existing pump out of the well in order to have full access to the 6 inch wide opening, then I could use a bucket about the size of a normal coffee can or slightly larger on a 50+ foot rope, I would also need to weigh the bucket down with something in order to get it to sink below the surface since it would not be able to tip to fill...not really very practical.. better idea if you are really concerned about it would to install a solar pump system that works regardless of outside power supply or do as I have and have a small generator that can be fired up and run the well pump fine.

[Chainfire]

148. They make buckets,

I have a similar situation. I have had to pull my pump twice in 25 years, after it was toasted by lightning. My pump sits at about 200 feet, It is about two hours of hard work with ropes and pulleys to pull it out. I also have an abandoned 8" shallow well that would still function, but I wouldn't drink that water with someone else's mouth. (I would us it to flush toilets)

You can buy a commercially made bucket. They have a check valve in the bottom, you drop them in, they fill from the bottom and they hold a gallon or more. (they are called....wait for it.... Well Buckets. Do a web search and you will find several sources. If you couldn't find one, you could fabricate one very easily. (4" pvc pipe, a 4" test cap, super glue and 4 square inches of leather, cut from your wife's Prada shoes, Maybe $20 bucks total expenditure and a small ass whooping from your wife) It is amazing how creative you can become when you really need to brush your green teeth.

I have a generator that will run my well as long as gasoline holds out, Five minutes run will give me about a hundred gallons of water in a 200 gallon tank. I don't know how many times I can run for five minutes with 20 gallons of gas, but it would be a lot. When the gas ran out, I could switch to propane before I would have to pull the pump.

A solar system, with a battery back-up to pull a two HP pump would be ideal, but a very expensive proposition. If I was going to do that, I would just do a whole house solar system; not something you do after the infrastructure collapses.

There again, if worse came to worse, I could draw water from the creek and add a little chlorine to it. (yea, I keep a little chlorine on hand too)

My whole point is , that for me, living in the country on a private well, one thing that I do not have to worry about is drinking water. Of course, in the apocalypse, after six weeks, I will run out of food and have to eat cattails from the pond, and squirrels from the trees, a very boring diet.

[Timewas]

150. That works too...

The solar battery powered units are not that expensive really and then you don't have to worry about gas at all..they make systems that just do the well.I am going to go that way anyway... We have about 3 months food and a milk cow so can last a while lot of deer and elk if push comes to shove and things get that bad..

[kairos12]

5. Disgusting. No stiff upper lip anywhere in sight.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[smirkymonkey]

8. I'm not stocking up on anything.

Maybe I should. I have enough supplies to get me through a few weeks, but these people are going crazy.

[Squinch]

16. It's all over the place where I live. So I got enough for a 2 week quarantine and stuff for

if I get it: chicken soup and motrin and ginger ale, etc.

But the water? What is up with that?

[llmart]

49. I agree.

Lemmings.

[customerserviceguy]

71. If worse comes to worse

they'll be hydrated lemmings.

I'll admit, we don't have water stockpiled away (except for three gallons of distilled water for my lady's CPAP) but if the water goes to being intermittent, we will use buckets to store it in. Bathtubs are good, too, you can use a 2 qt pitcher to scoop out enough to flush a toilet. Then, we'll be following the Ed Koch rule.

[True Blue American]

130. So do I

Maybe milk, but even there canned cream for cooking. No problem.

[58Sunliner]

14. I was at Costco and a couple of other stores. It is crazy. And expensive.

[Bev54]

19. I do not get it

This is ridiculous wtf is wrong with everyone.

[58Sunliner]

26. My thinking, paranoid as it may be, is that I can get items before any supply is interrupted.

I can hunker down, and not have to expose myself for simple items. I can also help someone else in need, if necessary. I am at risk, so I prefer to be able to hibernate. Most of it is stuff I already buy, just buying now so I don't have to shop. If I get sick, I'm not going anywhere, either, and I will have what I need to medicate, treat myself so long as I don't need hospitalization. No one has faith in our govt to help us. I don't have faith in my state govt either.

[defacto7]

17. E-gads it's not a nuclear winter..

The electrical grid can't get covid.

[The_jackalope]

47. But electrical workers can.

Hospitals can't get covid, but doctors and nurses can. Systems can't run for long if their maintenance workers go down.

[defacto7]

62. It's possible I guess.

[dweller]

18. good god... it's like we're all

captives on the Crown Ship of Fools

smh

✌🏼

[Bev54]

21. I will say what is the health officials say

Don't panic, wash your hands and stay away from crowds - they are creating crowds

[llmart]

50. That was my first thought.

You'd think they would be worried about being cheek by jowl with thousands of other people standing in line for hours.

I wonder if Costco sells common sense, 'cause I think there are a whole lot people in this country who need to stock up on that.

[klook]

24. Nice turn of phrase.

"Crown Ship of Fools."

[dweller]

31. 👍🏻

you saw what i did there ... cool

✌🏼

[defacto7]

63. That's exactly what we've been doing for 3-1/2 years.

[dweller]

67. i know

but now we're stuck on the sinking vessel, with no lifeboats, and no land in sight
it's a sinking feeling
😐

✌🏼

[cwydro]

22. Not seeing ANY of this where I live in NC.

Normal grocery lines, no shortages of anything.

Went out for some Vietnamese food today. Lots of people eating there.

[DesertRat]

120. I saw this at my Costco on Thursday

But my grocery store was normal except they were out of hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes.

[MissB]

25. What? No limit on Spam???

I’m shocked

[58Sunliner]

28. Your last meal is Spam!

[Totally Tunsie]

27. No panic buying here in northern RI/eastern MA.

The only thing we can't find in-store are masks. Everything else is in good supply, and nothing seems to be flying off shelves. Prices are at usual levels, too.

We do have nearby CV cases, so I'm wondering why all is so "normal".

[MissB]

33. We had our panic buying event last Saturday

in this area. 1000 people lined up at the Costco doors on Saturday morning. I’ve shopped at that one at that time and typically there are 30-ish folks.

Stores all over town were running out of items.

I shopped a bit yesterday afternoon and the stores seemed to be well stocked. Didn’t go to Costco- didn’t need anything.

I’ll go back there in a few weeks to pick up a couple of items but I’m staying away for now.

[Totally Tunsie]

40. Are you also in New England

or elsewhere?

[MissB]

46. PNW

Oregon

[Totally Tunsie]

75. Nice part of the country.

[stillcool]

45. I read about the RI case...

but I am still in the ignore it and it will go away place. That guy from New York freaked me out a little. A story here, a story there, my perception is changing in spite of myself.

[llmart]

53. That is so true.

I term our culture "excess everything". Prime example - the epidemic of obesity.

[customerserviceguy]

73. You may change your tune

if they've got stuff, and you can't get it. Of course, we all hope you're right, and they're all wrong.

[customerserviceguy]

91. They can have

my share of Spam. Permanently.

[tblue37]

38. Spam, spam,spam spam!

https://m.

[Iliyah]

41. Southern California water from the tab is not great for drinking . .

Unless you have a water purifier and many do not have one. We are use to buying water. Buying enough water and toilet paper, several months supply in t-rump's era especially when him and his cronies overseeing the coronavirus is too frightening. Better be supplied. As for food, non-perishable items and can good are also being bought.

[Andy823]

42. Well the stores

are making a lot of money!

I went shopping this morning, early, but didn't see anyone going overboard on things. Did see some shoppers had lysol wipes, but not a lot of them. I guess things could have gotten worse later in the day.

[klook]

43. There's no rubbing alcohol on the shelves, either.

I guess people are making their own hand sanitizer or something.

[llmart]

54. Wouldn't Dawn dishwashing liquid do just as well?

I swear in my entire adult life I have rarely been sick. I get a cold every few years that goes away in a week to ten days but haven't had the flu in decades. No other illnesses. I swear to God it's because I constantly have my hands in dishwater washing dishes with Dawn.

[misanthrope]

57. If you wash enough dishes, thoroughly in hot water

then that likely has a bearing on it.

[cbdo2007]

65. Yes, soap is soap. You'll be fine.

[llmart]

74. Oh, I wasn't worried about me.

I'm not a worrier or someone who panics/has anxiety. I take most things in stride. I was just making a statement that if someone can't get rubbing alcohol, that shouldn't be a disaster.

[cbdo2007]

111. Right, people are going a little bit so about this coronavirus thing...

Even the CDC says just wash your hands. Regular soap is fine, just wash your hands. I'm just trying to reinforce that for the over worriers lol.

[llmart]

114. I get that...

but the over worriers are probably always going to be over worriers.

[Tree-Hugger]

76. Yes

This virus is very susceptible to soaps/detergent. It's made of - well, it's outer protective layer - fat and oil. Dawn cuts right through that. Plain soaps, do.

[llmart]

78. Shhh.....

Don't tell anyone else or there'll be a run on Dawn dishwashing liquid.

Anyone else remember the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where Ray thinks he's coming down with something and Debra is washing dishes and tells him that's why she never gets sick. Then she cons him into washing the pots and pans.

[Tree-Hugger]

115. I should stock up

I use Dawn mixed with warm vinegar to combat stubborn soap scum in my crappy tub. It smells utterly terrible, but it works great.

[llmart]

116. Remember one of the oil spills...

where they used it to clean waterfowl that would otherwise have died from the oil slick on their feathers? I figure if it's good enough for the duckies, it's good enough for me.

Geez, I sound like I have stock in Dawn (which is probably a P&G product).

[Tree-Hugger]

123. Yes!

It's great for stripping those oils off critters.

I just need extra hand lotion after using Dawn. It really dries my skin out.

I think it's either P&G or Unilever. One of the giants.

[True Blue American]

144. Carry on! Many of my family

Worked for P&G. Seriously I use Dawn in my sink soap deispenser!

[klook]

84. Interesting.

Since the coronavirus apparently exists in a sort of “fat sheath” out in the world, Dawn would be a great choice!

Of course, you couldn’t really carry it around to use as a hand sanitizer when you’re away from water, unless you don’t mind having detergent goo on your hands (or airline fold-down tray, etc.) until you can get to a sink.

[DesertRat]

121. Yes, if you're at home

But there are times when I'm out shopping, etc. that I like to have a small alcohol based hand sanitizer with me.

[Raven]

51. Trump better stock up on Depends.n/t

[marybourg]

55. Things were normal

In my Kroger supermarket the other nite. It was even senior day (in a senior community) with 10% off, and the scene wes completely normal, if anything , a bit less crowded than normal.

[misanthrope]

58. "A person is smart. People are

dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." -Men in Black (1997/Columbia Pictures)

[nolabear]

60. Last week? Because it's quiet this week in Seattle.

I was at a grocery store. Can’t find a few things like hand sanitizer but I saw no lines and no real shortages. I found antibacterial soap just fine.

If people are panicking it’s not here at Ground Zero. Last weekend I hear was a zoo.

[napi21]

61. Hubby went to Publix a few days ago and when he came home he asked Why do all southerners buy

tons of toilet paper water when there's a scare? 20 yrs ago we moved to Ga from Pa. I found it amusing the first time they reported possible snow flurries. Toilet paper, bread, and water. I guess it not only has now included a virus scare, and also includes a lot of people who aren't southerners! I know I NEVER saw anything like it in PA!

[Tree-Hugger]

77. PA changed

People panic buy for flurries now. I swear it's gotten worse over the last decade.

[napi21]

88. I'm sorry to hear that! I remember so many mornings, driiving to work (downtown Pgh) on icy

roads, being the first one in the AM to drive down Middle Road before it had tire tracks in the snow & how beautiful it was, having to hang back far enough so the salt/chemicals being sprayed by the truck ahead didn't hit the car.

NEVER did I or anyone I knew run to the store to stock up on stuff. We just weren't afraid. We knew you did whatever to get to work or school that next day. Put on chains, cover the windshield to prevent heavy icing.

What happened to the Pennsylvanians?

[BumRushDaShow]

105. "What happened to the Pennsylvanians?"

Here in Philly, the blizzard of 1996 "happened" and gave us 31" of snow in 24 hours (and ~37" over 2 days). I know I (and many others) were caught off guard. Never again.

[PunkinPi]

107. .

[Demsrule86]

72. Today I bought canned food, beans extra rice, pasta...soup makings...canned soup if too sick for

cooking...tylenol, Advil and naproxin...also Guaifenesin. The medicine was almost gone...no sanitizer so I made my own...Aloe and alcohol...need to us 60 %. This has me spooked...a person was sent home yesterday at hubs job (he works with her extensively) in Ohio with Corona virus symptoms...but we can't be tested in Ohio at the moment...

[Renew Deal]

85. Spam! An american classic

Some salty beef to get us through the crisis.

[MrsMatt]

124. pork, not beef

SPAM = Spiced Ham

[Renew Deal]

129. That works

[ribrepin]

87. I went to Costco today north of Seattle

Friday morning - no paper towels and no toilet paper. They may get some on Tuesday.

[WestLosAngelesGal]

90. At Costco, I got eggs and laundry detergent...

They were out of ribs. I really wanted some cooked ribs, but they were out of them.

[True Blue American]

145. Was there a run on ribs:)

COSTCO is too far away for us. But I have the 3 grocery sales down pat.

[WestLosAngelesGal]

157. I'm going to try to get ribs today.

I was so miffed about the ribs that I forgot to get gasoline. I guess that is important, too.

[True Blue American]

158. Gas is dropping in price

So that should make your day! First of the month ribs should be on sale.

I do better at sales in Groceries, but seldom buy large quantities either.

[WestLosAngelesGal]

161. Thanks for the good news!

And thanks for the ribs info.

[nini]

97. Proof people today never would have made it as pioneers

We were talking at work and I was stunned at how many people never grew any vegetables, know how to cut up a chicken, cook anything beyond basic stuff, don't know ways of sterilizing water (boiling it etc), mending clothes and all those kinds of things.


It was scary. I could get by with very little if I had to and know how to grow food etc.. but Holy crap.. all that stuff is ridiculous?

[coti]

99. So much toilet paper. What, are they living off of Hot Pockets?

- Jim Gaffigan

[Freddie]

101. Went to Giant for my weekly shopping yesterday

Philly burbs - everything was fine, all shelves stocked except hand soap was almost gone. TP supplies fine. Guess the panic hasn’t hit here yet.

[Aussie105]

102. This virus

makes you thirsty, and go to the toilet. A lot. Apparently.

Someone, tell the CDC!

Good price on Spam though. How long could you live on water and Spam only?

[Throck]

104. Some days I swear I live in the Middle Ages.

Bring out your dead...........

[BumRushDaShow]

106. ...

[a la izquierda]

112. Oh bloody hell. nt

[Hotler]

126. I wonder how many are repugs and are thinking....

"better grab it before the libtards get it." You know, that whole I have mine fuck the rest of you mentality. You know, christian's......

[liberalmuse]

132. We're a country full of hoarders.

This is sad.

[HarlanPepper]

138. Home or the brave, my ass.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

151. That's the basmati rice I buy, but I pay less than that at the Walmart.

Boy, is that delicious. I think I'll make some tonight.

[True Blue American]

159. I have 3 stores

Kroger, Meijer and Walmart. Walmart does not have sales but some things are just cheaper. Know the specials at the other 2.

[janterry]

153. You can use cloth wipes instead of toilet paper

and many people today have a bidet.

[ThoughtCriminal]

155. So far, COSTCO is the only place I've seen this

But everything at COSTCO seems to come apocalypse-sized.

[True Blue American]

160. Problem

For many of us. I went a couple of times. Compared prices.