W2R
Moderator Emeritus
Last minute Walmart pickup. Put some powdered milk in the digital cart. SOme kinds sold out but some still in stock. This morning I get a note that no powdered milk available and no substitutes available. oh well.
The nonfat dry milk that I bought on Amazon last Sunday was out of stock within an hour after I ordered it, and it still hasn't shipped. My guess is that I'll have to cancel it, so I am especially glad I found some at my grocery store "in real life".
As for water, I really don't see the logic in it either! It's just one of those things that everybody online is doing so I thought there must be SOME reason for it. Sure, if the pandemic got so bad that none of the employees showed up at the water company to check the water quality and maintain the pumps, it could be a problem. We didn't have water and sewage service right after Katrina apparently because the pumps weren't working to provide water pressure due to electricity failures, and there was some problem with the backup generators (which apparently were never bought and put in place, but now they are supposedly there, uh huh, sure). But I agree that water service is unlikely to fail due to a pandemic. Also if things get that bad then I could always catch rain water and drink that instead. It rains a lot here. But I doubt I'd have to.
As for TP, if water is running, and if one does not have a bidet, one could always take frequent showers. It's not really a necessity. Still, I usually keep about 50 rolls of it in the house, simply because it does not go bad so why not.