When/who started the buying milk and bread before a winter storm. Around here they apparently have added butter to the list of things to hoard before a winter storm.

Ha ha not sure but I can go without any of those things if need to.

That's a local joke around here, gotta get your milk and bread, lol

and a snow shovel. Who doesn't have a snow shovel from one year to another....???
never could figure that one out.

I never understood the toilet paper panic.
We have enough old t shirts and socks that things would be okay

Had a great aunt that never used TP....she kept a rag or wash cloth handy and washed it out after each use..... and she had indoor plumbing and could afford toilet paper...lol...

There's enough roaming neighborhood cats where I live that I'd be okay too.

Might as well have just used her hand....likely easier and quicker to wash

When I was a teen in the mid 70’s I worked as a stock boy in a mom and pop grocery store. Every winter storm saw a run on milk, bread and eggs.

Gotta be careful if socks haven't been washed first. Get athletes foot on hind end. Ask me how I know??LOL.

Me Im playing inside away from windows. Heard there are trees exploding. Stay safe its dangerous world.

Mac

If it gets icy down south that’s always entraining watching them try to drive down there. The more gas you give the vehicle the less it goes where you want to go.

My kids live in Texas, they claim Texans can't drive when it's dry, lol
give em a half inch of snow and it's a train wreck...., LMAO

There are multiple levels of "prepping", but it has long been my contention that it is the civic duty of all of us to be able to ride out at least a week of adversity, be it a natural or man made disaster. An ice storm event should not be cause for concern. Just hole up at home and wait it out.

A box of powdered milk, sack of flour and some yeast or baking powder and it's all good. A case of TP from Sam's and when you open that one you buy another to back it up. A full hot water heater has 40 to 50 gallons of drinking water, if you don't waste it. A bath tub full of water will run you a long time too.

Losing power would be the biggest issue........so every house ought to have a secondary means of heat that does not require electricity to run. Enough to keep pipes from freezing. Lacking that, a generator with enough fuel to last at least a week running 24/7.

The other one I find silly is the run on plywood every time the wind blows. Houses in hurricane areas ought to come supplied with plywood for the windows......or storm shutters. Real, working storm shutters.

As I pointed out on another forum, bread, eggs and butter have pretty long shelf lives. Unless it's bread you make yourself or from the bakery it will last a month or more before going bad. Butter can be left on the counter. Eggs might get old but they really don't have to be refrigerated unless they're washed.

Dirty one side then flip it over

With sox, just put them on like a glove! Works great when out in the field. LOL

How about corn cob's.