Strange days out here

[billvon 3,114]

I just went to the Von's down the road here for orange juice and oatmeal.  It was nuts.  Toilet paper was gone of course - but so was water (see below.)  There were signs up restricting people to five gallons of water at a time.

While I was in line at the checkout I overheard a conversation between a cashier and a woman with about 10 cases of water in her cart:

"We're limiting people to five gallons or five cases of water."

"It says five gallons!  It doesn't say five cases!"

"We're just trying to make sure everyone can get water.  So it's five to a customer."

"But we are two customers!" the woman said, pointing to her toddler in the cart with her.

"I  .  . don't think your baby is going to buy any water."

"But she's a CUSTOMER!"

The cashier finally relented.

As I got outside, a beat up Honda sedan pulled up beside me as it slowly drove through the parking lot.

"Hey, I got some toilet paper here.  You need any toilet paper?  I hear they're all sold out."

Me - "No thanks.  We have enough."

Car - "Dude you gonna run out.  Nobody got toilet paper."

Me - "we really do have enough."

Car - "OK how about Lysol?  We got Lysol.  We got wipes.  Coronavirus you know."

 

Strange days.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

Yep.

Water out of the tap is fine. Why can't anyone understand this?

A 10% bleach/water solution is a VERY effective disinfectant. I learned this years ago when I took Bloodborne Pathogens training at work. 

I was at the store yesterday (needed lettuce and a canteloupe). All the 'sanitizers' were gone. Gallons & gallons of bleach on the shelf.

 

"K" in Men in Black was right. 

Quote

Edwards : Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.

Kay : A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.

 

[headoverheels 334]

6 hours ago, billvon said:

Car - "Dude you gonna run out.  Nobody got toilet paper."

Me - "we really do have enough."

 

Glad we have bidet seats.  My TP use for the past 3 days has been two squares, used to squash spiders.  At that rate, I have a 20 year supply in stock.

[JerryBaumchen 1,466]

8 hours ago, billvon said:

It was nuts.

Hi Bill,

Update here in the PacNW:

https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-statement-statewide-shutdown-restaurants-bars-and-limits-size-gatherings-expanded

https://www.kptv.com/news/brown-weighs-shutting-bars-restaurants-to-fight-covid/article_b1cda674-be05-5c11-b01d-bfa0b91c1565.html

Jerry Baumchen

 

[Phil1111 1,176]

17 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

Yep.

Water out of the tap is fine. Why can't anyone understand this?

A 10% bleach/water solution is a VERY effective disinfectant. I learned this years ago when I took Bloodborne Pathogens training at work. 
 

Completely agree.The bleach is what the CDC recommended in the cleaning for C-19 post that Biggun had in SC. Don't forget it takes food going in to require TP for the going out. In addition I find 10% bleach doesn't really aggravate my bare skin.

N. American supply chains are very efficient. In two weeks or so anyone who wants to go broke stocking up on TP or cleaning supplies will be able to do so.

[skybytch 273]

Hubby went to Costco last week, Sacramento metro area.  No TP, no water, freezers damn near empty.  Every cashier line open and carts ten deep at each one at 4 pm on a Friday.

Hit our local grocery store on Saturday.  No TP and a limit on bottled water purchases but everything else looked normal, even the alcohol selection.  Wasn't even any busier than it was two weeks ago.  I guess it helps that it is a good sized supermarket in a city of 1000 people though.

We keep 20 gallons of bottled water on hand pretty much all the time, enough to cover two of us and the dog for about two weeks.  Being on a well that we have yet to upgrade to a solar pump, there is always the chance that we won't have running water regardless of what is going on out there in the real world.  Those who get city water shouldn't count on it running in a lockdown situation either.  We learned that up here during the public safety power shutoffs last summer when several localities were telling residents to be ready as they were not sure they could keep enough generator power going to keep the pumps running.  No guarantees that the grid will remain stable through this (farfetched, I know, but better ready than thirsty).  

Hubby works for the state in a complex with over 6000 people, mostly cube farmers. Expecting him to get an unplanned vacation starting sometime this week. Him bringing it home from work is about the only way I could be exposed to it (I rarely leave the property any more), and epilepsy is now on the list of conditions that can cause complications, so I'm really hoping the governor shuts state offices down, like, today. 

Already planning the projects we can get done if hubby doesn't have to go to work; the garden is going to be amazing this year ;-)