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[Silver Lining]

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@BlingQueen022 wrote:

Not everybody's house is all electric.  A Giant food store in the dc area sold out of every pack of chicken they had because of this storm, lol.  Apparently, somebody in the dc area has a gas stove top. 

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..........or a BBQ grill outside or a built-in gas grill. My indoor cooktop is electric but I can always fire-up my huge outdoor covered gas grill if the power goes out.

[Nataliesgramma]

This morning on ABC, the interviewed a guy who was stocking up on beer and wine......

[PamelaSue72]

We make a grocery run on Monday nights, usually for pet supplies (cat food and litter). I hardly ever deviate from that. We keep two well-stocked freezers in the basement (from our garden) and the fridge is always full. We also have a full pantry in the kitchen and one in the basement. We're not going to starve.

And we have a generator for the freezers and the fridge if the power were to go off.

[Pook]

My gas stove can be manually lit and used if the power goes out and perishables can be put outside in the snow in coolers which will keep it.   Although I always have enough food to get me through several months if I can't get out.  The same with toilet paper.  Why would anyone not have more than a few rolls at all times?  had to laugh silently as several were talking about buying a lot of bread, jelly and butter saying if the power went out they could at least have toast and jelly.  Unless they hold the bread over a candle how will they make toast?!!

[Marp]

The best answer I can come up with is a full refrigerator stays cold longer although I prefer bottles of water for both the refrigerator and freezer.   Also, a lot of people probably figure that if the power goes out they can just transfer the food to a cooler and put it outside to keep it cold.

Stocking up on fresh food in anticipation of a snowstorm make more sense than stocking up on fresh food for a hurricane.

[Financialgrl]

Used to wonder myself.  But I'm rural so we lose power for 7-10 days sometimes.  I used to always have a Plan B - keep a few coolers you can pack  with snow and keep on the back porch in the cold.  I have a transfer switch and my whole house will operate okay but the generator this time is running rough so I'm closing up the house and going to my sister's place.  Two feet of snow is not something I want to tackle alone.  They are on well but it's a county sponsored maintained well and has a generator backup - they are never without water.  They have a woodstove that heats the whole house.  SHe has a humongous screened in porch.  Her husband moves two gas grills they have into the far end of the screened in porch and we can cook food or warm it up that way.  The top of the woodstove gets so hot it will warm food but not cook it. 

I've made two huge containers of soup - it's enough to keep us fed for 2 or 3 days but I don't think we'll want to eat that for that many days straight.  She has chili frozen - If you plan it right, you can make due. 

[Sylanne]

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@VanSleepy wrote:

I figure people buy milk, bread, and eggs in case they can't get out of the house for a few days.  Lots of French toast I guess lol.  All I want to be sure of is enough gas for the snow blower!

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Yep & enough gas for the generator.

[jackthebear]

here in the TRi-state area it is pre-storm frenzy, and I live in a densly populated area, no one is going to be stuck in the house for more than 1 day.  It is good to have advance notice of the weather but this gets just crazy.

If there is a power outage all the food maybe spoiled anyway, after Sandy I decided no more freezer stocking for that reason. 

Then we got a standby generator.

[haddon9]

We have a gas stove and can still use it when the power goes out.  As for the fridge if it's cold enough we can keep a lot of items cold in the garage.

I have to remember to charge up my kindle later today just in case...it will last almost a week on a charge.

ETA...as for "bread & milk"  I don't buy it.  I've been cutting back on grains and don't eat as much bread.  I don't like milk and don't keep it in the house since it's just me & DH.  We do have a lot of veggies, fruit, quinoa, rice, almond butter, tea and other items.  We won't starve.

[debic]

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@Marp wrote:

The best answer I can come up with is a full refrigerator stays cold longer although I prefer bottles of water for both the refrigerator and freezer.   Also, a lot of people probably figure that if the power goes out they can just transfer the food to a cooler and put it outside to keep it cold.

Stocking up on fresh food in anticipation of a snowstorm make more sense than stocking up on fresh food for a hurricane.

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Cooler outside or in an unheated garage will work.

Most people who are in areas where severe storms probably already have non perishable stuff.     And not everyone is preparing for a power outage, they are preparing for an "you can't get there from here" situation.   When you get dumped with that much snow all at once, a quick trip to the store is dangerous.

*ETA*   And many of us have generators.