People panicking because of snow

[Cuffi]

When snow is forecasted in the weather, people go mad, panic buy.

If you are planning to stay at home regardless of the weather, you are not going to eat more as it’s snowing! Maybe 2-4 extra cups of tea or coffee? It doesn’t warrant the need to clear the shelves of tinned soups and UHT milk!

Besides where I live the snow would be melted by mid Sunday and temps are going up to 9c.

These people need to look at themselves as they look soft

@Meadowfinch but bread can go off quickly (and not just stale but actual mouldy).
As much as I like cheese toasties or hoops on toast if I needed to stock up on food because I'm going to be stuck at home bread just isn't a priority to me.
My original comment was meant to be tongue in cheek but I think that went over people's heads 😂

We live up a hill in a fairly rural area, buy I think we'd be fine for a good while with all the Christmas chocolate etc that we were given. It wouldn't be very healthy though!

It wouldn't be so bad if people actually checked their local forecasts but they see a news headline that's talking about the Scottish Highlands and think it's fact and go crazy it happens every year and people never learn. We haven't had more then an inch of snow in over 10 years where I live

We’re on the bare bones of our arse food wise as I’ve not had a proper shop since before Xmas. If it all goes badly wrong we’ll be eating Wetabix with water and left over chocolate.

l lived in derbyshire (for a few years) where snow is not unknown, just a case of always having a few days of basics in the larder (to get you by) until the roads got cleared which was not long as the local councils are geared up for it.

I get snowed in for days where I live which also means frozen pipes, so no water for a few days. I always have bottled water and tins of soup in the house every winter, plus slices of bread in the freezer, but admittedly went panic buying yesterday and now have enough cake, crisps, beer and wine to get me through

I have a cheap bread maker. I buy bread mixes from the supermarket, they cost about a £1 and make a decent loaf. I use the dough cycle to make a loaf, rolls or pizza dough. I can add seeds or cheese to ring the changes. I cook in the oven rather than use the whole bread maker cycle as it gives better results.

For all the people panic buying because they think their not going to be able to leave the house surely you still need to go to work. Essential workers definitely need to still be going to work so how do you think they cope

I work from home but, for previous jobs where I couldn’t get in because all local transport stopped in the snow, plans were made ahead of time so we could all get our work done, even if we couldn’t get to the office.

Emergency workers have their own plans, including rotas of 4 x 4 drivers able to collect them. Not sure about essential workers but care workers are sometimes asked to sleep in nursing homes for a few days in case they can’t get there during extreme weather

Just the same as the amounts people buy over Easter because large shops are closed on Easter Sunday it seems.

It must be location based because iv never seen snow in England where you can't get out the house unless your based in America or something 🤔

It's not about physically opening the door, is it? I once lived near here and the ice was so bad we had to crawl up to the local shop. My parents did not drive to work, clearly.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/parked-car-slips-ice-rolls-4937191.amp

Really? We live in the South West and I've seen this happen several times. Not regularly, but if you live in the countryside and it snows then often the roads aren't treated and it isn't safe or possible to drive.

It's the ice afterwards that's an issue. I had to hang onto trees last time to go and get milk. Popping two pint's of uht in my basket isn't panic buying it's sensible

That’s what happens here @Nevertoocoldforicecream , two miles of very narrow lanes, steep hills to the main road. We never see a grittier lorry! We’re regularly cut off when it snows, no electricity too because the lines run through woodland etc.

But it's the media again scaremongering you have a photo of 3 people crawling on the floor and then everyone in the background walking around normally

Only city people don’t care about snow and supplies. Try living in the middle of nowhere.

No it isn't. I was there! Those people were crossing the road and it demonstrates that nobody could drive on the road itself. No buses, no lorries, no nothing.

We've got 6 children and live in a semi rural area. I'm buying an extra few bits just in case and not being shamed about it. It's not panic buying, I haven't done a big shop since Christmas because I'm a "be prepared dib dib dob dob" kind of person so I think it's alright to buy an extra tin of beans, loaf of bread and a milk.

Where do you live???

Which absolutely you have this choice but how do you think everyone else manages to get to work hospitals, shops, petrol station, police stations, fire stations people who care in the community these things don't just stop and shut that's millions of people who still have to just get on with it

Your attitude to a snow forecast surely depends on your set up, where you live and work, your mobility and your current cupboard contents.

I live in the suburbs of a major city, within walking distance of a decent local shop and could walk to a number of bigger shops within a 5km radius (and have decent warm/waterproof gear to wear) so I’m not bothered about stocking up on milk/snacks for severe weather. I can also walk to work if I have to, albeit, it’d be 1.5hrs each way.

I food shop for a week and keep an extra supply of cupboard food like chickpeas, butter beans, lentils, tinned tomatoes, nuts, sugar, flour, so we might have to eat really boring food, but would be fine for quite a while if we had to be.

If I was somewhere rural, couldn’t walk long distances, had empty cupboards, kids to worry about, etc, etc, I might be more into panic buying.

They do though. Loads of town centre shops don't open or close early so staff can get home. Medical staff have contingency plans involving sleepovers and 4x4s. Someone did answer you earlier. Maybe not in the middle of a Southeast town that's completely flat. Where do you live?

Do you have any idea how many staff work in hospitals i don't think their bosses are driving round in 4x4 picking them all up. What about carers who work in the community. Supermarkets don't close. I live north east. Not a city

They do, actually. If you are clinical and can't report to your usual place of work, you go to your nearest hospital. If you are really stuck, you contact Incident Control who will try to find you transport. Of course it's not "the boss".

My boss however did in fact do this about 3 years ago. He did the rounds in his Jeep!

Regardless... Surely people in what you call "non essential" jobs should stay off the roads to make it safer for all the supermarket workers and carers?