Italy Begins to Panic Buy - Be Ready!

WOW, what I want to avoid in the coming weeks.

While the virus is a serious public health concern, the risk to most people outside China remains very low, and seasonal flu is a more immediate threat. To avoid any viral illness, experts advise washing your hands frequently and avoiding your office or school when you’re sick. Most healthy people don’t need masks, and hoarding them may contribute to shortages for health workers who do need them, experts say.

The first I heard back in January Started that day and shopped 7 days straight,punch listed the holes and today I am done,last run this morning, went to bank,rolls of change,small bills,topped off gas.All the times I shopped it was leisurely, I feel for anyone getting caught flat footed with no supplies or to have to stand in line wondering if anybody is infected.

Our BBC news showed HUGE, I MEAN HUGE queues for masks in Korea. I was watching and thinking: "You prats! What if someone in the line has it? Queuing is risky behaviour."

got another 5 pound of rice two more cans of spam and a few more cans of canned milk. We will survive well, got more bottled water and more cat food and cat litter. got 90 pounds of cat litter. Got more TP and more beans and Tomato paste.   We also got more chicken and rice. We are going to be ok.

We went on Saturday and finished up most of our pantry basics — then went online and ordered another can of powdered eggs for baking with. There is still so much more that I know I would like to get, but other than certain meds which I will grab after my hubby gets paid, we are good for three months. Not as much as I would like, but better than we were.

Next priorities: Fill the propane tanks, grab meds, start storing water in every extra container I can find (we have almost 200 gallons, but that’s just not enough when you live in the desert!), print off everything I have stored digitally.

We made the decision that my wife would not do any more trips to town. She is a type 1 diabetic. She is SIP. I teach at the local school (20 kids pre-k through 11th grade), so not to much of a risk as it would be elsewhere. We only go to town 1-2 times per month anyway.