When the big storm comes I always make sure I stock up on {BLANK} and {BLANK}

[LynneSin]

I know you folks are living on Milk and Bread!

What are your 2 'Go-To' staples for surviving the big storm?

Me?

Dogfish Head Beer and Bottled Water

[In_The_Wind]

1. Coffee, bottled water, Shock Top Ale, dog food.

Oh, and toilet paper.

[elleng]

2. Chocolate and ice cream!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Cat food, kitty litter, soup, milk, and cookies.

Cat food is important because I don't want the only meat in the house to be me.

[OrwellwasRight]

7. I was at the Safeway (union!)

earlier buying my cat food and such and the guy behind me in line offered the opposite theory: that the cats could be sustenance for me. I know he was joking, but it was kind of creepy...

[charlie and algernon]

4. I picked up some Dogfish Head Namaste for tomorrow

Going with the hard stuff for day 1 of the Blizzard.

For the non-alcohol essentials, I stocked up on batteries and tuna fish.

[hunter]

5. We just have earthquakes here.

One has always got to be stocked up. Earthquakes arrive without warning.

[OrwellwasRight]

6. Cat food and coffee

[catnhatnh]

8. I'm thinking I'd like to go with the guy from a recent YouTube

When the Powerball crossed the billion dollar mark a local tv station sent a reporter who asked a guy waiting to get a ticket what he would use the money for if he won. The guy thought for a minute and replied "Cocaine and Hookers"...

[Laffy Kat]

9. Carbohydrates and coffee.

Protein is for wusses.

[hobbit709]

10. Coffee and chocolate

[gratuitous]

11. Liquor and alcohol

Oh, and I make sure my sittin' britches are freshly laundered for a marathon watching of the extended version of Lord of the Rings.

[Elessiana]

12. Maybe Bottled Milk, Many Eggs. ;)

Because they are rich of protein. And they are all natural.

[Snobblevitch]

13. I would not say that we

'stock up' on anything. We do make sure that we have what we need.

I like to make sure we have snacks and hot chocolate for a snow day at home. We usually have frozen homemade soup in the freezer so that might get heated up. A snow day is a good excuse to turn on the oven, so sometimes I can smell cookies baking. Other times, we'll buy chickens or a pork roast and cook that on a snow day. We have reliable electric service, so I never worry about that. If I lived in the NE, I would definately have a generator and plenty of fuel. I would be working out of our home office, but of course it's not as productive with everyone at home.

I have lived in the Twin Cities for 25 years and so far, I've never seen an actual blizzard. We've had big snowfalls of course, but it doesn't take long for the roads to be cleared by the next day. We live in a suburban home. The streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul residential areas sometimes take days to clear.

I grew up on the prairie and it was not unusual to be stuck inside because of a blizzard for two or three days.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. If you've lived here for 25 years you just barely missed the Halloween Blizzard of 1991.

That was a for-real blizzard and it made a big mess - 2 feet of snow in a pretty short time. I got around on cross-country skis for a couple of days. There was also a real doozy in January of 1982 - 38" of snow. It took me 3 hours to get home from work the day that happened. There was a lot of snow in 2014, too, and I didn't like it at all. I don't want any more blizzards, thank you very much.

[Snobblevitch]

21. Like I said, I grew up where we had frequent blizzards.

Halloween 1991 in the cities was a heavy snowfall, a snowstorm, but it was not a blizzard. On Friday, November 1, I did not go into work in downtown Minneapolis, but I remember driving around the next day. I lived in the suburbs that are better equipped to clear the streets. Granted, I was in an SUV, but the sun was shining.

A blizzard is defined as a storm which contains large amounts of snow OR blowing snow, with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibility's of less than 1/4 mile for an extended period of time (at least 3 hours). 

The night the Metrodome roof collapsed was close to a blizzard, the the winds were not sustaining. That happened with wind gusts over a shorter period.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. It's recorded as a blizzard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Halloween_blizzard

I sure experienced as one. The 1982 storm was worse, though.

[Snobblevitch]

23. Of course the storm is recorded as a blizzard

It practically covered the entire state. However, there were not blizzard conditions in the Twin Cities. We did not have the high winds, drifting, and extremely low visibilities.

Not intending to be offensive, but have you lived mostly in Minneapolis? (St. Paul?) We don't get the winds (35mph steady for three or more hours, that's a key component of a blizzard.)

I was not here in 1982.

When I was young, a blizzard came up quite fast in SW Minnesota. In my hometown, a police officer went to the community college where there was a basketball game in progress. He basically told everyone they needed to spend the night. (Yeah, I know, no authority, but they stayed and lived.)

There was a family of five that got stuck in their car a half mile outside of town. A 4x4 pickup stopped and offered to take the children because they did not have room for all of them. The family died together.

Thank God for Doppler radar. These storms no longer are surprises.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. I've lived in Minneapolis/St. Paul since 1956.

The Halloween "Blizzard" created true blizzard conditions outstate and a hell of a lot of snow in Minneapolis. We couldn't get anywhere for a couple of days. There isn't any place to put the snow in the city and the piles get higher and higher.

[Snobblevitch]

27. You are correct.

There were blizzard conditions outstate Minnesota.

I remember going to Harriet Island to see the Ice Palace (is that the nane?). That was the year we hosted the Superbowl. I remember it was really cold. It will be interesting what happens at our next Superbowl in Minneapolis.

[trof]

14. Prophylactics and Brilcreme.

Oh...and smoked paprika.
Don't ask.

[panader0]

17. I think Deep Heat works better tham Brylcreem...

[DinahMoeHum]

15. Don't really need to "stock up" as I already have most

if not all of what I need and want for several days.

I do, however, go through a mental checklist of other things to take care of beforehand, ie.
top off the car with fuel,
have ice packs ready for the refrigerator/freezer in case electricity fails,
charge up my cellphone,
make sure I have additional batteries, etc.
do all my laundry beforehand (again in case of no electricity)

Other than that, I make sure I've got a good bottle of wine, a good bottle of rum, and listening to Radio Margaritaville.

[mainstreetonce]

16. Bread and

Bread

[mackerel]

18. My brother and always says he needs

all his wood and water ready by November 1st.

[kentauros]

20. flour and yeast

I'll make my own bread (I don't drink milk, and will make my own almond milk)

[warrprayer]

25. Coffee and Pastry

Cinnamon rolls go well with snow. Coffee keeps me rollin'

[baldguy]

26. Jimmy Griffin was an asshole, but he had a good line of advise.

"Go home, buy a six pack of beer, and watch a good football game."

[blogslut]

28. I buy my goods bi-monthly

So I'm usually okay when the weather turns to crap. We had our blizzard at the end of last month and a whopping ice storm the month before that. Fortunately we had plenty of warning.

[marlakay]

29. Water and wood

We have a lot of wind storms that knock electricity out. So those two first. I have wood stove and can keep warm and if needed heat up food or water on top of it.

I have a pantry full of food would last quite awhile.

[taterguy]

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That is, things I don't feel like publicly posting about.

[DFW]

31. I stock up on.....

Female company (specifically, THIS female company)
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[trueblue2007]

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[catbyte]

33. Catfood, coffee, adult beverages, stuff to make split pea soup--my go to blizzard fare.

And chocolate, just because. Then there's stuff like batteries in case the power goes out.