Where are you located? I keep seeing reports online but never any location info. I went to Walmart yesterday in AZ, there's no issues. Plus we are at about 90% of fully stocked, so bring it. I've seen multiple separate reports, I think social media is inciting another panic by the idiot masses.

This strike will primarily hamper EXPORTS and some tech and repair parts, and bananas. It isn't going to affect most food, or the country. Unless - the west coast joins. It may cause price spikes, but that's a daily thing now that we are in full national collapse.

Surely the gubbermint won't let us starve. No need to worry, FEMA will be there.

 

I would submit that many on public assistance lack basic economic functionality and that is why they are there. Not to put down all who need help but let's face it, some folks can't plan any further ahead than how much beer is left in the refrigerator.

 

We call it evil empire. We are going Saturday and also to Sam's. I hope it's not too bad. I get kinda agitated in crowds.

 

But you go ….

 

We're in Northwest Alabama...

 

Cool, I'm in Northeast Mississippi.

2 minutes off of I22 about 20 minutes West of the state line.

"Fight Club"

That's a great one I'll definitely remember that.

 

Our Walmart. This pic "went viral" a couple years ago. Our friends husband took it. The guy kept telling them he was invisible.

 

What guy?

 

We're in Northwest Alabama...

You're area is probably more vulnerable being without both east coast and gulf ports. I assume most of our food comes across the border or is imported from communist California and China.

 

On the east coast, especially the southeast there is kind of a perfect storm of people panicking over the strike, and people buying tons of supplies to transport to the hurricane ravaged areas.

There are tons of donation drives in the area that people are buying for along with panic buying because of the strike.

 

Is there something out there that is not currently messed up?

 

Went to Sam's today and it was crazy, got there 15 min after it opened and the parking lot was already half full. People were grabbing Members Mark TP as soon as the employees brought it out. (only brand they had in stock). Almost everyone had a pack in their buggies and some had more. We grabbed what we needed, used the scan and go and got out of Dodge. People posting on Facebook are saying most Wal-marts are running out of items also as people are panic buying. Got two cases of Members Mark decaf coffee pods for the in-laws. When we told them about Sam's she had us order 4 more cases. The woman has got her priorities right, gotta make sure she has her coffee.

 

Were going to the wally world and Sam's in Amarillo. I haven't heard anything about panic buying...well see. If they are out of sugar free hazelnut coffee syrup there'll be he'll to pay.

 

I’m going to a big box grocery store this week for their ad items but I’ll be going early in the morning

 

I live in Western NYS

So pretty far removed from any weather woes.

But our Sams club paper shelves are empty already.

All are prepping for the strike that has just started on all ports on the East coast.

Depending on how long it lasts ------- hold on to your hats.

 

I live in Western NYS
So pretty far removed from any weather woes.
But our Sams club paper shelves are empty already.

All are prepping for the strike that has just started on all ports on the East coast.
Depending on how long it lasts ------- hold on to your hats.

They aren't prepping. They are hoarders. Preppers don't panic buy.

Luckily I still have 14,000 rolls from the last time...

 

Walmart this morning. About the same amount of people but more full carts and two carts.

we still got power outages (brother finally got his back on last evening. Checked air conditioner aisle. Only one —large— window unit left. No larger fans. Those various portable shop lights were non-existant and most of the flashlights in camping/fishing were gone. Stove fuel looked lightly touched. Did go and look in the automotive light section, apparently no one knew about it, untouched. Tarps halved. Now last week i noticed they got a big shipment of 5 gallon pail buckets. All gone. Did look at end caps because sometimes they display some there. Zip/nada.

the 3 & 5 gallon water storage containers were only lightly touched; ditto jug thermoses.

now, when there is a storm, all of a sudden family who evacuated show up. Happened for Katrina, happened for idell. Happens all the time. You have some poor grandma pushing an over loaded cart — something falls off the pile and you get the whole story when you pick it up. Sister and husband with the three nieces/nephews they were watching because parents are in europe for anniversary trip coming. And/or son and DIL with two grandkids, two dogs expected soon. Etc.

That’s what the carts looked like. Lots of cereal. Animal food. Junk food. Bread. Milk. Eggs. Sandwich makings. Sometimes baby formula and diapers. In other words, in coming refugees.

And the very organized carts with a lot of a few things — thats stuff that is going to be taken somewhere.

 

I've never used 2 carts. How do you maneuver them especially in a crowd? Do you just jam nose to tail and hope they don't separate?

 

Push with one hand, pull with the other. Or fill one, stash it, fill another, then check out. Or get 2 people.

This would make a whole new thread. Even though we are all prepared, right? Extunuating circumstances could throw you into the middle of chaos at the worst time.

 

my guess is its a bit of several things ,,, worries about ports closing/supply lines,, damages from the hurricane/relief/donations,, might be some are adding extras worried prices will make a big jump again,, that a few extras bought now might save a lot of money over the next several weeks ..

 

Northern AZ, Costco out of TP yesterday, double the usual line waiting for it to open today. 🤦‍♂️

 

TP is not from Europe, is it?
I thought we made that over here . . . ?
UPDATE
I just checked a couple of packages, both of which said "Made in USA of domestic and imported materials".
So the question becomes: Does that imported material come across the Atlantic? I actually suspect it's from Canada.

 

In Canada the Walmarts are surprisingly civil, it's the Costco crowd you have to watch out for.

The "take no Prisoners" approach is inside the store and in the parking lot.

 

I work at a Walmart super center. My store wasn't that busy, and I made a couple of purchases throughout the day (3x). Each time no line and the "usual" amount of traffic for the second day of the month.

 

Our Walmart... The guy kept telling them he was invisible.
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Yep, dat's a Bona-fide 'Walmartian' alright!

Luckily I still have 14,000 rolls from the last time...
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No - You Mustn't give Any away, even 'Duct Tape TP' When the Hoards run out.. Help 'em Learn / Grow by Only dispensing 'Tough Love'..

Everything's Pretty-well choc-full down here in SW Hell, but.. I am Certain that in our Old AO back in Zommiefornia, it's prolly borderline-Mayhem already.. (was during the 'Great TP Run of 2020'.. Even 'upscale' Pasadena was Insane..

Oh well, we ain't Worried.. We B Prepperized.

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jd

 

Beginning of covid my sister got almost the last pack of tp at costco. But she didn't watch her cart and somebody took it before reaching checkout.

 

She had a medical procedure last week and was given oxy so she can't drive. Turned out to be a good thing. She got on the Walmart website and made a delivery order at 7am-ish. It finally was delivered at 4:30. The driver said the store was a mad house and she hadn't stopped moving since her shift started, no breaks, no lunch, nothing.

 

Fight club. Hysterical

 

I try to arrange items in my buggy to where I can get the most in it. Can't remember a time when I had a really full buggy. During the last TP panic we were in Sam's and as I rounded the corner by the TP an employee threw a large package of Members Mark TP in the buggy. I did not need it but people were pushing me to move so I kept it. Still have it in my warehouse.

 

I worked on the install of a paper machine in a paper mill here in Washington state. It was dedicated to costco products. The machine came from one of the Norwegian countries, I forget which. Several stories high and a couple hundred feet long. The building itself was much bigger. Had to go into the attic once and it was so hot you could only stay 15 minutes, my glasses kept sliding off when I looked down because my ears were sweating so much.

 

Were people prepping against possible future hurricanes? The water thing is a little hard to understand--they don't ship bottles and jugs of water into east coast ports...

...is it also possible people saw what happened in NC and TN and decided maybe being better prepared was a good thing?

 

Definitely a possibility... that or sending it north to NC. We've just never seen our Fight Club that busy.