On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:57:22 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

>> I don't stock up on anything during a bad storm. If the power is out
>> for any long length of time, which it has been many, many times, it
>> all spoils anyway.

.. I don't rush out and buy things when
>a storm is coming, either. I have a stash of stuff in case of an earthquake
>or tornado but that's a different thing.
>
>Jill
>

Under normal circumstances I wouldn't either.

But this last storm that came through NM left us a lot of snow...and I
couldn't get out for over a week and a half. If I didn't have a new
hip, I probably could have trekked out earlier...but I didn't want to
risk having something happen to it. The roads were icy, and so were
the sidewalks, and there were big drifts here. The snow stuck around
for quite some time. To you folks in northern regions, that is
probably par for the course, but we folks here in Albuquerque were not
used to it.
Fortunately, I had enough in my pantry, etc that I managed just fine.

There were folks in the region around Santa Fe that had to have
supplies airlifted in, because they were unprepared and hadn't stocked
up. People were really stranded out here.

I don't know if we will get another storm like this again this winter,
but I personally intend to be prepared. If I can't get out again, I
want to be able to live comfortably while I am housebound.

I stocked up on a lot of stuff this week...just in case... Mostly
stuff that will keep well... I didn't have a power outage last time,
and I hope there isn't one this winter..

Christine

Christine