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Rhodychic t1_jc3hfex wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Milk and Bread Hysteria by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

About maybe 15 years ago there was a storm that moved in hard and fast. School busses full of kids were getting stuck and not dropping kids off until 11pm. 95 was a mess. Normal commuting time doubled. We were only supposed to get a few inches. Better safe than sorry.

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retsuko_h4x t1_jc3dtyc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Milk and Bread Hysteria by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

Nah, they're not ridiculous. When I lived in Portland, OR the stores would run out of kale before a storm, no joke. That's ridiculous. Then, when the storm would happen people would just abandon their vehicles in the middle of roads, highways, etc. You'd drive around and it was just a graveyard of abandoned vehicles. That's also ridiculous. And we're not even talking snow like we get over here.

Funny, just went to look it up and see if I could find any pictures, seems they recently abandoned a bunch more vehicles again: https://www.kptv.com/2023/02/25/drivers-scramble-find-abandoned-vehicles-after-portland-storm-tow-lots-full/

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februarytide- t1_jc3d9dd wrote

Reply to Milk and Bread Hysteria by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

I happened to get some as part of my grocery run yesterday.

But honestly I’m more looking at water and batteries. Living with well water and the threat of losing electricity (and therefore water and heat) makes me want a generator more every year.

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Riff_Raff66 t1_jc39yi3 wrote

Reply to comment by citrus_mystic in Milk and Bread Hysteria by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

I was 11 when that storm hit. I'm the youngest of 8 kids and my mother was the person who had racks of canned goods and all sorts of other goodies in the basement. Also a full size freezer full of meats and such. It was like Stop and Shop down there. We did pretty well during that storm

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citrus_mystic t1_jc38rvz wrote

Reply to comment by askme_if_im_a_chair in Milk and Bread Hysteria by RhodyViaWIClamDigger

Not joking, I think this is kind of a trauma response. This phenomena started after the blizzard of ‘78 and everyone who lived through that instilled a need for bread and milk during storms upon their children; along with stories of being snowed in for days.

I don’t think this will go away as long as the reputation of that blizzard continues to live on in the memories of those who experienced it.

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