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xp -btw, a fair bit of our supplies are intended for our neighbors, should they need them.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 29 October 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
silby, you can't rely on some convenient falling brick or obliging bigot to do a competent job. if you do plan to check out, I suggest you do some research and prepare to do the job yourself, in a pinch.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 29 October 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
Aimless: you miss the point again, the eyeroll was w/r/t your pedantry as to the proper thread for this discussion.
I also learned a lot during the Y2K dry run, your setup sounds pretty solid, and I agree with your overall take aside from your usual air of detached omniscience.
Perhaps it would be helpful to delineate some preparedness levels:
1. grab-and-go kit or "bugout bag", something you can take with you that's all in a bag or backpack. Food, water purifier, toilet paper, etc.
2. weathering an extended period of supply disruption or power outage, a.k.a. earthquake prep as per Aimless's setup and what I aspire to be prepared for.
3. trying to survive the end times, which as Sanpaku notes probably has more to do with overall water access than anything else.
I'm mainly interested in the first two, the 3rd is largely speculative at this point aside from, like, thinking about where you live and why.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
seven months pass...
I see these stories (or those about farmers suffering under the trade war) and immediately think, which candidate did they vote for, did their elected reps support disaster relief after Sandy, etc. This political era is costing me my humanity.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
Same here. Part of me is glad the people who've helped this all happen are actually starting to feel the consequences, rather than it all happening to Bangladeshis, etc.
one year passes...
two years pass...
two months pass...
I thought I'd read that the sriracha people not only got into a conflict with distributors, but attempted to grow their own supply of peppers and failed, or at least fell short. Anyway, this isn't the first sriracha shortage in the last few years, iirc, and reportedly no other hot sauces or pepper sauces are facing the same supply issues, so I suspect this is indeed something internal.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 11:26 (nine months ago) link
one month passes...