It is actually scary to see how grocery stores are cleaned out. Snow shovels sold out? Do you throw them away every year? WTH?? As if they won’t survive till Tuesday. Did the jabs or living through the lockdown damage their brains?
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It’s been the same every year for my area since as long as I can remember.
First solid Snow Storm of the season. You’ve got people freaking out buying up shovels, Ice Melt, Coats, Jackets, Gloves etc. about every 4th year. We get a severe storm that has people buying the fuck outta Generators and Heaters.
Though to be fair to my area. Most of the time the folks freaking out are usually people ‘passing through’ as we’ve taken to calling it locally. They come in from out West, or down South for work at one or more of the local Corporate Offices. And Live here for a couple years. Before moving onto some other part of the country.
And if your caught with your metaphorical pants down as it were. Maybe your shovel broke or some other problem. Odds are good one of the Longtime Residents has extra Snow Shovels squirreled away in a Garage or Outbuilding they’ll lend you no questions asked.
I bought a genny this year; last year I nearly lost a deep freezer full of meat. We buy beef by the quarter here; there are many cattleman here; and beef is tasty, but expensive.
It’s not nearly as expensive as frozen pipes; in 2021 we replaced a cracked pipe, ship lap, and rotted floor.
Ice storms are worth preparing for; when I was a youth in NC we had a snow of the century event; and were without power for a week.
Anyway I think the fear is no good; but the preparation for the future is good.
Agreed. I bought, for the first time, outdoor spigot insulation. My instagram algorithm has been tailored to include home repair and construction. It's been a very useful tool, over the years.