Here in NC, the shelves in the grocery stores are almost empty

[Thtwudbeme]

There's not much left......

Covid?

Supply chain?

Oh hell no. We are going to get about 4 inches of snow tomorrow.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. I know for sure

that there is no beer, bread, or TP, because those are the necessities of life. /s

[Thtwudbeme]

2. Well, we are stocked and ready! TP, Vodka, cat food

I expect school will be out all week- thank god.

[FuzzyRabbit]

51. Yes, especially cat food!

If you run out of cat food, the meowing will drive you crazy.

[Siwsan]

3. I have family in the Asheville area

Their weather has been a total rollercoaster ride. Hopefully they won't lose power.

[captain queeg]

4. Are NCers that afraid of snow?

[Thtwudbeme]

7. Yep. It's so bad it's a running joke

School is out when there is a threat.

We don't have plows, and not much salt for the roads. Last good snow was in 2018

[BlackSkimmer]

26. They've been treating the roads already here.

I think they do pretty well with what they have.

Tomorrow is Sunday, Monday a holiday, so I hope folks stay in.

[Jilly_in_VA]

9. Yep

just like Tennesseans

[blm]

11. The state isn't well-equipped for severe snow events.

Their taxes haven’t been directed to snow removal machinery and procedures. They are minimally equipped.

Northern and western states have had the infrastructure and machinery in place for decades.

[BlackSkimmer]

22. Oh yeah, it's full on panic here when snow threatens.

We used to so look forward to it as kids. Half an inch and we were out!

[NNadir]

36. The worst experience in driving I ever had was an inch of icy snow in North Carolina.

I've been in Blizzards in the Sierra Nevada, many Nor'easters, but man, an inch of icy snow in North Carolina, through which for reasons I won't explain here I was more or less forced to drive through, was terrifying.

I ended up quitting a job over it.

[nuxvomica]

61. Decades ago, I was driving to the Biltmore from Black Mountain

There had been a rare November snowfall the night before, not even an inch, and the roads were practically free of traffic, like in some apocalyptic movie. There was a car way ahead of me as I approached a bridge and sure enough they noticeably sped up crossing the bridge.

[Ocelot II]

5. The only thing I noticed a shortage of today (in Minneapolis) was Fancy Feast cat food.

Everything else seems to be normally stocked. We had a snowstorm yesterday but we get them all the time so people don't tend to panic-buy. I have no idea what happened to the cat food, though; that might get to be a serious problem at my house.

[Danmel]

38. I ordered Fancy Feast from Chewy

I'd check to see what they have. Supply was low. Hard to explain the supply chain to a hungry 🐈

[blm]

6. Yup. Prepared to be snowbound for the next 5 days.

Up in the mountains we’re expecting a foot of snow. Boone may get 2 feet.

[Thtwudbeme]

8. We have a place at Sugar

almost went up today, but the roads are supposed to be icy here in the piedmont and didn't want to get trapped.

[blm]

12. Hendersonville here.

Baby blm is in Boone…at App St.

[moose65]

41. I'm all ready

I live 7 miles from Boone. We haven’t really had a “big one” since December 2018, when we got about 18 inches. 2 feet? Haven’t seen one like that in quite a few years.

Here in the mountains we are a little better equipped to deal with it - the towns and counties have snow plows and they’ve been salting all day today. When the snow ends, everyone who has a truck also has a blade they can put on the front of it, so parking lots and driveways generally get cleared pretty quickly. Of course, 2 feet will take awhile to clear!

[PortTack]

10. Ha!! Had us all,going there for a moment!

[Thtwudbeme]

14. It really is almost funny here

The only thing that is annoying as crap are the yankees that move down here for "the good weather" and assure us that we don't know how to "drive in snow." Then those jackwits go out and get in wrecks all over the place.

There are NO plows here- very little salt. But, it's NC, so if you just stay home it'll melt in a day or two.

[Jetheels]

75. I'm one a them Yankees, lol.

But I’m staying off the roads.
Ima little concerned, I’m used to nyc apt living but now relocated here to a house.

[PXR-5]

13. I am south of Charlotte

we may get 2 inches of sleet!!!! OMG!

The world is ending, everyone is buying lots of bread and milk.

[Thtwudbeme]

15. are you around Waxhaw or Munroe?

I love that area- lots of Republican trash moved down there though, and are fucking it up.

[BlackSkimmer]

23. I'm in that area.

Red area, but mostly nice people on a day to day basis.

Never had any of those “mask encounters” I read about here, and I’ve been wearing one since the crap began.

[BlackSkimmer]

29. MONroe, btw.

[Thtwudbeme]

31. Been spelling it wrong

For 57 years. I grew up in south Charlotte...we drove through there on Independence 74 on the way to the beach

[BlackSkimmer]

32. Lol, I grew up in Charlotte too. Southeast Charlotte.

I remember blinking and missing Monroe as we drove through on the way to the beach too lol!

It’s grown quite a bit.

[paleotn]

35. Exactly!!! : -)

How many times have I heard that.

Like the town south of Knoxville. It's not Maryville, it's Murville. When we moved to NC ages ago, a vendor at work once told me to pronounce North Carolina properly in the east, you have to put marbles in your mouth. It's Norcalina.

[BlackSkimmer]

37. Lol, but Monroe is actually spelled that way.

As you point out, pronounced differently.

[Evolve Dammit]

62. Hope you had a Mur Christmus.

[PXR-5]

78. Munroe, I now see sleet and

tRump flags out my windows.

[Leith]

16. Even before I opened this thread

I already ran your whole post in my head. It's what tarheels do when weather is on its way.

I lived there 20 years ago and the last place I want to be is Food Lion the day before a hurricane.

[Thtwudbeme]

63. LOL

Yep!

Or the Piggly Wiggly near Myrtle Beach-

[BlackSkimmer]

73. I still have a Piggly Wiggly tshirt lol.

One of my prize possessions.

Long sleeved and purple.

[MFM008]

17. Our safeway

Here in WA was struggling as far as frozen food. Pet food. Water. Otherwise ok. Good on produce, dairy bread canned goods.

[58Sunliner]

18. Are you getting ice and sleet? The big worry is power outages.

[mwooldri]

19. Yup, it's the ice that's of concern.

Inch of ice forecast. That's enough to bring down power lines all over. And trees onto power lines. One reason why I've stopped at the GA/SC border rather than going back to base in SC (1/2 hr from Charlotte).

[58Sunliner]

48. I wouldn't want to be hauling in this mess!

[NewHendoLib]

20. Plenty of most everything on shelves in Hendersonville NC, just

South of Asheville. +/- 8 inches of snow, starting around midnight.

[Deuxcents]

21. Climate challenges

Government n people gonna have to get over the..we never had this before. Same where I am. Just prepare ahead of time..enjoy the beauty of it all before the real work begins. Post photos. Stay safe

[milestogo]

24. I did online shopping and picked up my groceries.

I got most of what I wanted, will have to make a run tomorrow. There were items unavailable online, but there was enough to have a good shop.

[ret5hd]

25. Thanks Obama...

I mean Biden.

Wait a second…never mind.

[rockfordfile]

27. There was a blizzard back in the 90s got stuck for maybe one day

Went to a Def Leppard concert in Greenville before the snow came down in great numbers. NC did great in handling the blizzard. Companies are doing a terrible job at keep supplies going during weather events.

[Tracer]

28. Not so much supply chain here (MA)

Some shelves were empty ( if you wanted Goldfish crackers, you are out of luck).

But the bigger problem, at least in my grocery, was lack of employees. Fish counter and. Deli were closed because of people shortage.

In my town everyone entering a business MUST wear a mask and there is always 100% compliance. So those employees must have got Omicron elsewhere.

[Joinfortmill]

30. 👍

[paleotn]

33. Milk and bread!!! AAAHHHHH!!!

I remember what it was like down there. Same growing up in TN. I'd usually grab a few odds and ends we might need if we couldn't get out. Problem was snow removal equipment or lack there of. When I lived "on the mountain" in western NC years ago, that wasn't much of a problem. Roads were plowed and salted as the storm progressed. Parking lot clearing began as soon as the storm passed. "Off the mountain" in places like Asheville, Hendersonville or Hickory, it was a whole different story.

[Traildogbob]

39. Yep

When the next variant comes that may be the end of us all, milk and bread will go before tests or vaccines.

[BlackSkimmer]

47. Yep, I lived in Boone/Blowing Rock for 10 years.

They were good at handling the storms.

I was a skier, both downhill and cross country….LOVED the snow.

[marie999]

34. We have never owned a snow shovel living in NC.

Not much sense having one since they don't plow the streets around here.

[48656c6c6f20]

40. Tell me about it

The beverage store didn't have Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1992 just 1991's and only two of those. It's crazy they think I'll be happy with MD 20/20? Travesty.

[Ellipsis]

42. Ooooh... four inches of snow, run away.

Kidding, I know your not use to it. and the counties are not equipped to deal with it.

Couple things you should put into your vehicle if you decide to go out.

Go get a tube of Mason river sand.

Smalll shovel makes sense.

Protien snack bars

Sleeping bag.

Fluids if you go out.


Some day I'll tell you about driving out of Chicago to Wisconsin when we got 17 inches snow in 14 hours, in the middle of the night, with 25mile an hour winds, something I wouldn't do today.

Stay safe. Stay home.

[BlackSkimmer]

44. No worries. Our state closes down when we get this kind of weather.

The worst thing for us is the ice.

It’s one thing to drive in snow, but ice is an entirely different situation.

I’ve lived in the north and the mountains here. I stay off the roads in the Piedmont because people just can’t handle it. It’ll be a nice day for football, chili, and popcorn.

[Kaleva]

50. Gunning it to bust through snow drifts wasn't a fun thing to do.

For traction, I keep a large container of kitty litter in the vehicle. A 20 lb. jug.

[Ellipsis]

60. When I was a pup... My first car was a 56 Buick Roadmaster with Posi traction and studed snow tires.

When they canceled school because of snow... there was a particular road North South road we'd "buck drifts" on. Ah, immortal adolescence.

[Kaleva]

66. We used to get high and spin doughnuts in reverse with my parent's front wheel drive Subaru

at the church parking lot at night.

Something about spinning around in reverse with the headlights illuminating the snow banks and the church was so cool and calming.

I imagine the people who lived near the church and who must have seen the headlights spinning around didn't think much of it but they never did call the police as far as I know.

[Thtwudbeme]

64. We are actually pretty used to it

I have had my Subie out in 17 inches of snow. We have a place in the mountains, on a ski slope.

This isn't our first rodeo. It's just a running joke in NC.

[Ellipsis]

67. It all boils down to tires.

...Subarus are cool.

I was Driving a Saab at the time.

Strongly recommend Nokia's today.... Snow runs on snow. Not the longest running tires on mileage but if your love's ones are inside they're the best out there.

[GB_RN]

43. Here In NC, It Used To Be That When It Snowed...

The only things that flew off the shelves were bread, milk and eggs. I used to joke that people were stocking up to fix lots of French Toast.😂

[barbtries]

45. my son works at a grocery in Durham.

he mentioned that it was storm crazy in there today. bread, milk, water...gone

I feel like it's a tease. It's been 3 years since we've had a decent storm that left snow on the ground and I'll be pleasantly surprised if we get that tomorrow.

also particular to this area: the schools will be closed through Wednesday or whatever. Apparently during a storm some time before I moved from CA to NC, kids were left on buses for 9 hours once and clearly no one is letting that happen again.

[Red Mountain]

49. I remember that one

It was a quick snow that packed down to ice instantly. NOTHING could move on it. People around here definitely don't have snow tires much less chains and that's what you would have needed. Interstates were parking lots.

Maybe a inch or two of snow, tops.

I left work early that day.

[barbtries]

52. everyone I know who was here then

remembers that storm. I worked with a woman who had taken like 8 hours to get from Chapel Hill to Garner.

2013 or 2014 was the closest to that since I got here in 2007. It was kinda funny, because I had surgery the day before it hit, and as the snow was blowing sideways out the hospital window, the nurse burst into my room to let me know I could go home. I laughed at her and told her "you don't even get to go home today." It was already all over the news that cars all over the triangle were being abandoned on the road.

[BlackSkimmer]

53. I know, I've got my sled already to go!

And I’m no spring chicken.

[barbtries]

56. he has to go to work.

leaves at 6:30am and walks about 2 miles. I cannot convince him to drive and am worried about him falling and getting knocked out, and nobody knowing. he takes the tobacco trail and crosses the 40 to get to work.

He has slipped and fallen on ice on his way to work before, but wasn't injured. I just have the worry curse, but he damn well better text me after he gets to work tomorrow.

[BlackSkimmer]

57. Well, if it's bad, maybe they'll close.

Yikes, I don’t blame you for the worry.

[barbtries]

59. they're not closing.

they've already treated the parking lot. thank you for understanding. he may be 37 years old but he's still my little boy.

[Red Mountain]

46. Lifelong NC resident here

Northern Durham county. Grocery stores are pretty well stocked. Went this morning. Little busier than normal.

We have snowplows in NC just not the type they have up north. Around here they strap a plow on the front of a regular DOT dump truck, add a spreader to the back and fill it with sand. They don't have nearly enough to cover secondary roads in the first day. Maybe day two if it's not too bad. Biggest problem tends to be that delay in getting to the secondary roads means they've been driven on extensively and packed down to ice before the plow gets there. At that point they simply aren't the right tool for the job. The strap on plows skate over the ice.

We wait for better weather to make things slushy. Might take a day or two. The plows can handle it then. It will probably refreeze overnight.

Primary and secondary roads have been sprayed down with brine. We should be warm enough that it will be effective.

Freezing rain and long term power loss are the big concerns with this storm and it doesn't look good. .2" to .4" of ice accrual and 30 mph gusts aren't a good combination. The pines snap off 10-15' up the trunk. I can remember a couple of awful storms when I was a kid. Transformers blowing up like lightning in the distance all night and deep thumps from trees hitting the ground.

It looks worse west of the triangle until you get to the foothills. The mountains hopefully will get more snow than freezing rain.

[captain queeg]

54. As people have said, some states that normally don't get snow are not equipped to handle it.

Used to go years with no snow in PNW but it happens pretty often any more. Climate change. Also record temperatures last summer.

[Kang Colby]

55. NC is one of the most obese states in the nation...

not surprised.

[Thtwudbeme]

65. ? And that has what to do with anything about snow?

There are some pretty obese folks all over the US.

[Kang Colby]

72. Any excuse to eat and sit on the couch for a few days...

It’s the same story everywhere. Carolinas might get a few inches of snow, that shouldn’t be an excuse to buy 6 loaves of bread, 120 bagel bites, 10 lbs of Reese’s, and 80 rolls of toilet paper to clean it all up eventually. Sad but also sort of amusing that’s how people spend their time. Weather says a few inches of snow and every idiot and their mother is at the store buying excess while also probably crying about grocery prices. Guess what excess demand drives? Price increases.

[BlackSkimmer]

69. Huh?

What the heck is this ?

[hay rick]

71. Whoa...Down go the tarheels!

[nolabear]

74. What a dick comment.

[NCjack]

76. In Sep 2021, NC was ranked as #20 in the adult obese states. That is, 19 states

were ranked as more obese than NC.
[link:https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/adult-obesity/|]

[electric_blue68]

58. This NYCr wishes you Good Luck, and Stay Safe...

Go s-l-o-w-l-y on shoveling if needed
Yeah, we're more used to it, have the things in place to deal w it. For me since I foolishly slipped on ice in my very late 30s, and was out of work for 6 months, been half terrified of ice, and some what of snow since then.

I was in DC once overnight when snow started that next morning, I kinda laughed bc I'd never seen a reaction of like sending non essential fed workers home at 3PM when there was only ?3 inches on the ground...AND...
I also felt bad since they didn't know how to deal w it!

[IronLionZion]

68. This is all Biden's fault somehow

Or Dems or something socialist. Some DC stores have unnecessarily aggressive notes blaming state governors who shut down highways during snow which kept deliveries from going through. But no one ever blames the hoarders who buy up way more than they need.

[JCMach1]

70. Don't poopoo too much. We survived the TX snowmadeddon last year

It was survival mode for a bit

[JanMichael]

77. We will make milk and bourbon sandwiches.

And have lots of AA and AAA and D batteries for the lanterns from Costco when the power goes out for half a day.

I should correct that. Oat milk and vodka on whole wheat bread sandwiches. Oh and that Velveeta block of hell should come in handy if we need it

Fact is that NC has a shit ton of Floridiots or half backs to totally fudge up the historic panic buying of borderline essentials when faced with inclement weather

Plus the Duke Energy overlord has never considered burying power lines so when a half inch of ice hits and the wind blows it it lights out.

Bring it on!