The Herd Is Moving In Nashville TN

greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread

Just got back from Wally World.

People with carts FULL of water,TP and canned goods.

Ammo of all varieties either out of stock or very low.

Lamp oil,gone (though plenty of lamps)

Also,I'm a wine guy at a large liquor/wine store.Have met more GI's in the last week than in the last 2 years,they said all major preps done,now time for luxury items.

These are my observations of late in Tune Town.

-- capnfun (capnfun@notfun@all.com), December 28, 1999

Answers

As home of WWCR (shortwave), I suspect ya'll are a bit less clueless than the rest of the country...

-- Anonymous999 (Anonymous999@Anonymous999.xxx), December 28, 1999.

I live in south central PA,went to walmart this morning,only 4 packs of D size batterys anywhere in the store.also have seen more than one person filling up 55 Gallon drums of gasoline,not long lines yet,but those who are filling up are filling up more than just thier cars.food and water havent been affected noticably.

-- eric micael (bizarr4@hotmail.com), December 28, 1999.

Gas- interesting

Batteries- it's only 3 days after Christmas and all the battery operated toys kids get usually wipe out the battery inventory for a week or more. Hope you already got yours.

Sam

-- Sam Walker (swalker2000@earthlink.net), December 28, 1999.


Wal-Mart in south St. Louis County on Sunday was out of Coleman fuel, propane, and bottled water (except for Evian); low on camp stoves. On Sunday night Kirkwood K-Mart had a lot of both, started disappearing on Monday, gone now. Grocery stores are low on bottled water (except Evian), bread, and milk.

-- xxx (meetmein@stlouislouie.com), December 28, 1999.

Just got back from K-Mart here in Northern NJ. Lots of carts filled with TP, water, canned goods and lamp oil. Still some stuff on the shelves except for the camping department which was absolutely cleaned out.

-TECH32-

-- TECH32 (TECH32@NOMAIL.COM), December 28, 1999.



Sam,they had plenty of toy type batterys(AA-12 volt)seemed to be an overstock,there were almost no D batterys(flashlights-radios).the stocking up of supplies seems to be picking up.over the holidays most relatives that dont GI seemed to be leaning towards wed. or thurs.to do anything

-- eric micael (bizarr4@hotmail.com), December 28, 1999.

Local Sams club report in Indiana. Well stocked on all items. Canned hams, apple sauce, and a few items heavily hit but still in stock. Propane tanks (20 lb) and 6 packs of propane on endcaps in clear view. No one in store obviously prepping - typical stuff. Approximately 20 generators in stock.

-- bostitch (standard@staple.point), December 28, 1999.

Herd Not Moving in my end of Riverside County.

I had noticed at K-Mart yesterday a big Y2K preparedness sale. I had purchased a few cans and had decided that was enough for me. I wasn't going to go out any further, but this morning I was sitting and thinking about that big sale. It began to eat at my soul. I don't want to be mean spirited in preparing. I just am not game to be as prepared as I am and not give others a chance. I made a deal with myself. I would go down to K-Marts preparedness sale, if it was hopping I'd turn on my heels and walk out, and I'd especially not get gas since lines had been reported in some states. I went forth passing one totally empty gas station after another. I went in K-Mart and was the only one standing in the Y2K preparedness aisle. So I loaded flats up in my cart which included a six pack of bottled Classic Coke at the now rare "normal" price. As I was returning home I passed the same utterly empty gas stations. I do mean EMPTY. Not a car was there. So heck, I pulled up and topped off my gas tank.

I'm glad I went forth. I can't believe I've flats of Hormel corned beef, starkist tuna in water, a whole flat of corned beef hash ecetera and for only 60 dollars. I made out like a bandit at Super K-Marts preparedness sale. It even has Dinty Moore stew on sale 3 for 5 dollars. Spam, small cans of lean ham, planters, water, Speghetti O's for 50 cents, Campbells soup for 50 cents, Charmin 24 packs and paper towel 8 packs, and then some other food like vegetables but I was just after the meat items.

No one else was there. No one. I was the only lone soul with a cart much less enjoying the big preparedness sale. And what was odd is as I was checking out the clerk gave me a warm and meaningful thank you looking at me in the eyes as if I had done him a big favor. Go figure.

-- Paula (chowbabe@pacbell.net), December 28, 1999.


But Paula - you're in Riverside. So they obviously have more time to make preparations over there! 8<)

-- Robert A Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 28, 1999.

The herd does not appear to be moving at all in Central Florida. I was out at Target and Home Depot during lunchtime. Home Depot crammed to the gills with 5000W generators and all kinds of batteries, flashlights, etc. Target had plenty of all provisions. Guess the people in FL really DGI. Our climate might have a lot to do with it, particularly with heating type items ... we don't need much of that down here.

It's still amazing to me, though, how complete the Govmint has spun everybody around; no one here seems the least bit concerned.

-- Bruce (broeser@ccgnv.net), December 28, 1999.



Nothing happening in WNY,

Wegmanns and Tops have stacks of flashlights, batteries and water right next to the entrance, Widers hardware has lampoil and lamps to sink a ship, Sams is fully stocked.

-- RickJohn (rickjohn1@yahoo.com), December 28, 1999.


With all those stores stocked as if they thought people were going to move, there ought to be some really good sales mid-Janurary, but only if the pollys are right.

-- (...@.......), December 28, 1999.

Bruce - I am in east central Florida (Indian River)and I see absolutely nothing happening here. Grocery stores stocked to the roof, bottled water everywhere - no buyers. Our Public Access Cable Channel has a 30 minute video running about how not to panic everything will be fine. They just started that this week., No one watches the dang thing unless there is a hurricane coming. My son heard a rumor that the St Lucie Nuke plant is on double shifts - I thought all nuke plants were ready now. Anyway all quiet on the east central front.

-- Lornna Mitchell (doone@digital.net), December 28, 1999.

People were EVERYWHERE today, getting ready for Y2K. Even at the quickie oil change place, the man from underneath my car sighed at the long line of folks waiting, and said it had been like that nonstop for several weeks now. He figured that people were worried that they wouldn't be able to get oil after Y2K. I literally waited an hour in line, and I was in the front.

One of my bank tellers at the drive-up window nervously handed me the Y2K handout, which said that the "only thing you need to worry about this New Year's Eve is the words to Auld Lang Syne." Curiously, my *favorite* bank teller was at the Walmart just a half an hour ago when I was picking up some things, and her cart had water and a VERY large storage bin, and some canned goods.

Hmmmm.

The Walmart cashier *whispered* to me that the talk in the break room was varied, but she was sure *hoping* that nothing happened. I couldn't help but notice that almost every single cart in the store was filled with Y2K prep stuff, and she said it had been like that since Christmas... the camping gear was selling out, the water had to be completely replaced every day, tp was depleted.

I'm glad I'm basically done.

gp

-- georgia peach (the.patch@worldnet.att.net), December 28, 1999.


Hey, I'm in Indian River county. It's quiet as heck.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), December 28, 1999.


Kaua'i Wal-Mart. Some SPAM, rice left. Stocks low. No Canned Corned beef. All three are staples, here. Batteries, water cans, gas cans still available...but stocks are dwindling. I noticed that Wal-Mart is pushing a package of a pair of two and a half gallon cans instead of five gallon cans.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), December 28, 1999.

Here in Jerry Falwell country, people are pretty much asleep. I did a radio interview yesterday morning and encouraged people to do min. gov't preps, but I also gave as much gloomy info as I could so folks could "hear between the lines." I was conscious, I guess, of being charged with causing panic. But anyway..... Sam's Club today, where my wife accompanied me for the first time (!) for last minute preps, the shelves were fully stocked. They had a dozen 5000w generators stacked at the entrance, but I didn't see any at the checkout line. Falwell sold a video last year that sounded downright apocalyptic, then he changed his tune earlier this year and said all was well. He carries a lot of weight in this parts (about 350 before dinner, I'd guess) so folks listen to him. If there are serious problems in the Central Virginia area, they should put him on trial for endangering the public. But the folks in these parts are zzzz snork zsssssss... I do know of folks in my church who have listened to my suggestions and have prepped, all women, by the way. Men think it's silly or foolish.

-- Kurt Ayau (Ayau@iwinet.com), December 28, 1999.

I was in the Cache Valley Walmart this am and was surprised to see the propane shelfs COMPLETELY empty, including the gallon sized containers of fuel and only 4 camp stoves left. Lanterns had taken a big hit, as had the camping gear sections. These shelfs have been reasonably full before Christmas - as I have been keeping my eye on them.

-- Bird Lover (bird@cache.net), December 28, 1999.

Seems as if the entire Lone Star State is sound asleep.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................

-- preparing (preparing@home.com), December 28, 1999.


Pretty slow up here in Toronto, Canada. Canadian Tire is out of large gas and water containers but still has small size available. That tells you there are a few GIs moving in but there's certainly no sign of herd movements, else every size would be gone. Still plenty of generators of all sizes and shapes. Plenty of water and anything else in the major grocery stores.

-- Jon Chevreau (chevreau@istar.ca), December 28, 1999.

Moderation questions? read the FAQ