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5. Panic buying is a symptom of people not being adequately prepared for foreseeable disasters

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Panic buying starting in Manhattan... [View all] brooklynite Oct 2012 OP

Buy frozen pizzas. Cook them and leave them in the lobby. nt bluestate10 Oct 2012 #1

lol Renew Deal Oct 2012 #18

Weird DarthDem Oct 2012 #2

I think paper clips would be more useful slackmaster Oct 2012 #4

You scoff now, but just wait until your life depends on affixing one page to another! (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #6

Good Call DarthDem Oct 2012 #11

Don't forget, in a pinch, the stapler can be opened phylny Oct 2012 #22

LOLOL DarthDem Oct 2012 #25

To fasten plastic over broken windows? Whovian Oct 2012 #23

that's what flat screen tv's are for... snooper2 Oct 2012 #136

Staples may also refer to food. nt Recovered Repug Oct 2012 #56

I'd sooner die than eat staples! Kurovski Oct 2012 #65

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh DarthDem Oct 2012 #124

Quick...send Newman for provisions ! RagAss Oct 2012 #3

Panic buying is a symptom of people not being adequately prepared for foreseeable disasters slackmaster Oct 2012 #5

And then there's the problem of the definitions... a geek named Bob Oct 2012 #7

I could survive at my house for about a month with supplies I have on hand right now slackmaster Oct 2012 #10

I'm not worried about ME; I'm worried about my DWELLING. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #24

Actually you are, nothing wrong with it nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #29

We've got food, medical, and mission critical power needs covered. a geek named Bob Oct 2012 #33

As long as your house is standing, it's basically an urban or suburban camping adventure slackmaster Oct 2012 #159

what I (sort of) worry about a geek named Bob Oct 2012 #161

I've had PTSD for 47 years now. I've channeled it so that it works for me in most crisis situations. slackmaster Oct 2012 #164

Slackmaster, I'm sorry to hear you've got it. a geek named Bob Oct 2012 #165

I acquired mine in childhood. I'll spare people the details, but it led to a life-long commitment... slackmaster Oct 2012 #166

The problem that I've noticed is that "polite" society seems to have this strange kink... a geek named Bob Oct 2012 #168

In my biggest apartment in Manhattan ever, your could fill up the kitchen with 3 extra bags of food. winstars Oct 2012 #51

The big power outage a few summers back hoboken123 Oct 2012 #70

Or when the UN black helicopters come to grab yer guns. 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #104

I'll be sipping chilled Dom Perignon while you scrounge for drinking water in your toilet tank slackmaster Oct 2012 #128

What? Financing those cheese-eating surrender monkeys??? Instead of buying Budweiser??? 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #135

I take it you have never heard of InBev slackmaster Oct 2012 #137

Oh, right. Belgian. Damn them! They're everywhere! 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #138

By the way, I'm sorry to inform you that me, my family and my possessions are perfectly fine. 2ndAmForComputers Nov 2012 #170

And That Just Baffles Me Redlo Nosrep Oct 2012 #8

SPAM! I KNEW I forgot something... brooklynite Oct 2012 #12

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam... kath Oct 2012 #44

Being prepared for three days without shopping or services is really not hard slackmaster Oct 2012 #13

not needed in most of NYC - you can walk three blocks and buy anything, anytime bettyellen Oct 2012 #17

Only, playing devil's advocate here, if you have a major nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #30

We've had hurricanes, last year 1/4 of town had a few feet of water .... bettyellen Oct 2012 #40

Good for you nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #45

Maybe you should call emergency services and complain bettyellen Oct 2012 #47

I remember 20 years ago a snowstorm dropped 2 feet of snow that closed Manhatten TeamPooka Oct 2012 #55

i remember driving around in Manhattan in a few feet of snow and no electricity maybe 12-15 years bettyellen Oct 2012 #57

Great, call your EOS and tell them to stop wasting their time nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #59

Oh please, just because you ignorantly thought there was need to stock up bettyellen Oct 2012 #62

He/she specifically said that they were NOT wishing a nasty catastrophe. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #63

"Perhaps NYC needs that kind of a lesson" bettyellen Oct 2012 #67

People say 'a city like New York' hoboken123 Oct 2012 #71

"And I hope to god it does not happen by the way." Very next sentence. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #72

What are you expecting, zombies? hoboken123 Oct 2012 #75

I'm counting on a well stocked city that has world class bettyellen Oct 2012 #79

Nope, just telling you the reality nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #64

"Perhaps NYC needs to learn that kind of a lesson" bettyellen Oct 2012 #69

Yet another reading comprehension fail. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #73

No, I'm used to power failures and floods for days and bettyellen Oct 2012 #74

Yes, and all that you experienced in the past is the totality of what could ever possibly happen. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #76

Oh good, and now it's a funeral hoboken123 Oct 2012 #77

OMFG, it's a pretty common phrase/expression. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #78

The faulty logic is that we need to stock up bigtime.... bettyellen Oct 2012 #80

Wow, yet another massive logic fail. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #81

It's actually fairly impossible. Sorry it bugs you so much. bettyellen Oct 2012 #86

This is from the New York City OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #95

Actually stocking up for three days of food and water nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #87

Mother Nature would like a word with ya. Separation Oct 2012 #106

If there was any good advice for NYC dwellers it'd be noted... hoboken123 Oct 2012 #83

I guess your own city doesn't know of any good advice then for its own residents. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #92

Nope, not upset nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #84

Yep, real life experience hoboken123 Oct 2012 #88

When the zombies break through nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #90

From 'perhaps NY needs a lesson' to recommending a well stocked pantry hoboken123 Oct 2012 #93

This is from YOUR OWN OFFICE OF EMERNGENCY MANAGEMENT nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #96

It IS a little late for the well wishes, isn't it? bettyellen Oct 2012 #100

From your OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #101

Since they were given from the start, I don't see how. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #102

This message was self-deleted by its author eqfan592 Oct 2012 #89

Can't you read? We've been through sooo many power outages, FFS. bettyellen Oct 2012 #94

LOL!!! Yep, dense as a neutron star. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #98

Here from your OWN OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #99

I'm four blocks from highland where most are equipped with massive generators, I'll take a flash bettyellen Oct 2012 #108

Here once again from YOUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #109

You do realize Ive seen that 100 times, and 100 times last year for Irene, and during the power grid bettyellen Oct 2012 #115

You've seen in all those times, and it still never sank in, huh? eqfan592 Oct 2012 #117

oh, I have it memorized... even used to believe I needed all of those things too! bettyellen Oct 2012 #122

By that logic, I guess I'll just toss out my fire extinguisher. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #123

WTF are you talking about? You really think people in a dense city that is well prepared have the bettyellen Oct 2012 #130

The city if San Diego is hardly the boonies nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #132

Cities where you need cars to have a life? yeah- that's EXACTLY like NYC, LOL. bettyellen Oct 2012 #143

Actually you have none nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #145

Whoa, three whole bodegas. And bless your heart, you think that compares to NYC somehow. Adorable. bettyellen Oct 2012 #147

So you think NYC somehow is immune nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #150

And if, like you - that's all we had in a five block radius I might be concerned over getting hungry bettyellen Oct 2012 #152

That includes your supermarkets nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #154

So you really think NYers will starve. Oh, you'll be so disappointed, on top of rude. bettyellen Oct 2012 #157

Nope, did not say that nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #158

Quotes of the Week: 'We Need Food, We Need Clothing' slackmaster Nov 2012 #173

Once again from your OEC people nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #118

You keep mentioning the ferries, which reminds me of 9-11, a day on which Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #139

jesus, all I said was was we really don't need to be stocking up bigtime here, LOL bettyellen Oct 2012 #141

Lot of foolish assumptions here. I was ready to evacuate last year.... bettyellen Oct 2012 #82

Indeed, lots of foolish asumptions here. all of them being made by you and your friend. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #91

Hey, Bloomberg is ordering evacuations nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #140

I guessed you missed the part where we did same last year- and no one starved or died of thirst? bettyellen Oct 2012 #142

Your mayor is a fool nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #144

Stop making up crazy shit that no one said. bettyellen Oct 2012 #146

Ah, my lord, so NYC is NOT PERFECT nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #148

You are off the rails with idiotic pronouncements and responses to things I never said. Have fun bettyellen Oct 2012 #151

You claimed until you were called on it by several of us nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #153

your post is filled with outright bullshit. And over the top, misplaced anger. Get help. bettyellen Oct 2012 #155

So talking of having a well stocked pantry nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #156

I'm surprised you lasted so long... hoboken123 Oct 2012 #160

Post Storm News from Hoboken: Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #171

many immigrant shopw owners live in their stores. uncle ray Oct 2012 #46

Yep and people bike in snow, public transport rarely shuts for long. People get by fine. bettyellen Oct 2012 #58

That's good in theory, until 8 million people are affected by the same disaster... slackmaster Oct 2012 #134

well, the thing is we feed that many people 3 times a day every other day of the week. The food is bettyellen Oct 2012 #149

So, how'd it go? JVS Nov 2012 #169

I'm wondering how she is too. I hope she's OK. Most recent post was Monday, 10/29. slackmaster Nov 2012 #172

Well... I still don't have heat, but got lights two nights ago. bettyellen Nov 2012 #174

This isn't the gulf coast, we're not used to hurricanes here Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #85

You don't keep it around for years on end. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #97

You do not keep it all year nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #103

Yep, you hit the nail right on the head. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #105

I used to be a paramedic with the Mexican Red Cross nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #107

My hat is off to you and your experience, which far outstrips my own. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #111

My minimum in the pantry is a week nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #112

I learned to keep a good emergency car kit growing up and living in a winter environment. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #114

I had an accident recently nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #119

Been thinking about picking up a Jeep myself. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #120

Go read the jeep forum nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #121

Don't care for canned tuna, but I see your point Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #113

I mentioned the tuna since it is a common one nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #116

Yes, but you do have ice storms that paralyze transportation slackmaster Oct 2012 #129

Yes panic buying can be scary. But you have to have money to be able to buy extras. southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #9

Lunchmeats need refrigeration, though. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #28

Speaking of refrigeration, I've already started making ice. Mariana Oct 2012 #31

Thanks for the tip! For Irene, we went to a higher-ground motel. Staying put for Sandy. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #35

We lost power for about a day and a half with Irene. Mariana Oct 2012 #43

Yes but you can freeze them now and if the electricity goes out you have coolers with bags southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #34

Yes sir!!! greytdemocrat Oct 2012 #14

no maple syrup? magical thyme Oct 2012 #27

Oh yeah, trapped inside by a winter storm is the perfect time to cook. KatyaR Oct 2012 #54

Don't you mean 'Freedom Toast'? :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #162

I would fill a clean bath tub with water just in case dsc Oct 2012 #15

I don't get this, MadHound Oct 2012 #16

our storms get predicted many days in advance, no one has a lot of storage compared to suburban folk bettyellen Oct 2012 #19

A lot of people in the NE are transient, professionals Tsiyu Oct 2012 #125

Why in the world would people be buying staples? n/t Bonhomme Richard Oct 2012 #20

You just never know how many documents you might need to staple together in the smirkymonkey Oct 2012 #21

I thought we were boycotting Staples??? I think I got a PM on that here at DU... n/t winstars Oct 2012 #49

There is more than one definition of staples. Recovered Repug Oct 2012 #60

Have you been to the Lounge? Tsiyu Oct 2012 #126

This post cracks me up. You are either playing dumb or you really are. RebelOne Oct 2012 #131

I couldn't resist. It's my nature. n/t Bonhomme Richard Oct 2012 #133

NOW? They'll have eaten everything by the time she makes landfall - lynne Oct 2012 #26

Nah. In the time before the storm comes, Mariana Oct 2012 #32

God is angry! The end is near! -..__... Oct 2012 #36

LOL! Best crack of the day! smirkymonkey Oct 2012 #167

I like zombies upi402 Oct 2012 #37

http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm Electric Monk Oct 2012 #41

"In extreme circumstances, Tsiyu Oct 2012 #38

Oh, good. At least we get to choose. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #39

You've got red on you Tsiyu Oct 2012 #42

"We make a stand at Zabars!!! Everyone meet at Grey's Papaya at noon..." n/t winstars Oct 2012 #48

I hate to read threads like this. Y'all take it seriously and be careful. Remember: nolabear Oct 2012 #50

These are great for emergency lighting: hedgehog Oct 2012 #52

I purchased a Maglite LED light and a PrincetonTec LED headlamp. Both are USA made. nt bluestate10 Oct 2012 #68

++++++ uppityperson Oct 2012 #53

Let me add nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #61

Also, wash clothes. If you're possibly going into a mult-day period with no power, gkhouston Oct 2012 #127

"Liquor is good barter"?? Um, I'll trade you my bottle of Johnnie Walker Black for your coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #163

NY is the media capital of the world... Every news organization is there. Politicub Oct 2012 #66

Staples, but no staplers? HarveyDarkey Oct 2012 #110