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misanthrope

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32. If you have anything stored up for a pandemic lockdown

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:54 AM

Jul 2020

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2020, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)

you can kiss a lot of it goodbye in the wake of a hurricane. Once the power goes out, frozen things thaw and dry goods start to mold and spoil in the sauna-like heat and humidity. Those same conditions exacerbate respiratory difficulties.

Shelters become places for possible exposure to contagion.

The entire experience after a storm is miserable and I can't imagine how much worse it will be with this pandemic added to it, especially since the states most prone to hurricanes are COVID hotspots.

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A warning about getting ready [View all] jimlup Jul 2020 OP

Was already planning on stocking up mid July MissB Jul 2020 #1

The states will have to do it Trump would doc03 Jul 2020 #4

We also have been just buying extra stuff just in case kimbutgar Jul 2020 #2

If we really quarantined for two months we could defeat it soothsayer Jul 2020 #3

+1, Fauci is right, we only did a 50% level NPI vs 100% like all the other nations and it takes just uponit7771 Jul 2020 #35

I have heard we will be closed down again by end of September marlakay Jul 2020 #5

You don't need to get the skinny from a source with inside connections. Girard442 Jul 2020 #6

That and understand science /nt jimlup Jul 2020 #8

Quarantine rso Jul 2020 #7

Except for fresh fruit, I think we are ready. Ilsa Jul 2020 #9

I've started buying frozen fruit spinbaby Jul 2020 #16

I keep ice cream, so I'll Ilsa Jul 2020 #17

Smoothies! Tipperary Jul 2020 #18

Ready Timewas Jul 2020 #10

I'll say it again: August and September are the height of hurricane season misanthrope Jul 2020 #11

This is an extreme concern for my Dad jimlup Jul 2020 #14

If you have anything stored up for a pandemic lockdown misanthrope Jul 2020 #32

Yes, exactly jimlup Jul 2020 #33

Toilet Paper time! Renew Deal Jul 2020 #12

Indeed... jimlup Jul 2020 #13

I also confess ChazII Jul 2020 #22

Grab a chest freezer while you still can. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #15

We were fortunate to be able to get one in March AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #21

That was one of the things people were buying the first time around. Renew Deal Jul 2020 #23

I think you mean "wreaking." Tipperary Jul 2020 #19

Always good to be prepared. Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #20

I can't stock up in a 500 sq ft apt. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #24

I know about using an oven for storage. Just put a piece of masking tape over the on/off knob... Hekate Jul 2020 #27

I live in less space, in a 34 ft motorhome. Storage space is a joke SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #36

I bet you can't buy 6 rolls of BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #38

Hummmmm peggysue2 Jul 2020 #25

We are stocked up. As long as there's no power outages, we should be okay... Hekate Jul 2020 #26

IMO this post is worthless without some proof. Why is this "expert epidemiologist" not going public? USALiberal Jul 2020 #28

Wreaking. jeffreyi Jul 2020 #29

A quarter cow's worth of beef arrives in our freezer in two weeks caraher Jul 2020 #30

My sources don't say anything like that... brooklynite Jul 2020 #31

I'm not saying anyone is "planning" that... jimlup Jul 2020 #37

It makes sense, looks like at the current rate we're at 100,000 cases a day at end of July ... uponit7771 Jul 2020 #34