Three days Since Sandy and New Yorkers are...dumpster diving for food?, page 1

Seriously? you can't go without a supermarket for three days?
Digging through dumpsters for food because they are "starving", after only THREE days?
And they say survivalists are the crazies. HA! I bet most of us could go at least a year without a supermarket!

Who's laughing now?

Homes and businesses in the Lower East Side and East Village are still without power and under water. Residents began dumpster diving outside a Key Food supermarket Thursday, looking for whatever food they can take. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

www.nbcnewyork.com...#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Sandy-Starved-New-Yorkers-Dumpster-Dive/176839571

‘We Need Food, We Need Clothing’: Staten Island Residents Plead for Help 3 Days After Sandy

“We’re going to die! We’re going to freeze! We got 90-year-old people!” Donna Solli told visiting officials. “You don’t understand. You gotta get your trucks down here on the corner now. It’s been three days!”

abcnews.go.com...

I hope they all look at us with a little more respect after this.

reply to post by Thunderheart

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This just shows how 90% or more of the population would die very fast in case of a worldwide catastrophe.

Originally posted by hououinkyouma
reply to post by Thunderheart

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This just shows how 90% or more of the population would die very fast in case of a worldwide catastrophe.

If they can find there way to a supermarket dumpseter, I'm pretty sure they can head across town and find a god damn supermarket or store... They make it sound as though New York (the entire city) is a ghost city or something. The only other thing I can think of is they are poor or without money.

reply to post by Thunderheart

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From your link:

Homes and businesses in the Lower East Side and East Village are still without power and under water. Residents began dumpster diving outside a Key Food supermarket Thursday, looking for whatever food they can take.

Because the stores had to throw out tons of food that was spoiling due to the outage. They can't sell it regardless of the circumstances because it is "spoiled". By law, they're not even allowed to give it away.

Hungry people don't care about that. So, yah...

Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by Thunderheart

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From your link:

Homes and businesses in the Lower East Side and East Village are still without power and under water. Residents began dumpster diving outside a Key Food supermarket Thursday, looking for whatever food they can take.

Because the stores had to throw out tons of food that was spoiling due to the outage. They can't sell it regardless of the circumstances because it is "spoiled". By law, they're not even allowed to give it away.

Hungry people don't care about that. So, yah...

pretty much this. health codes in NYC are some of the strictest in the world and even having some spoiled food in a supermarket could result in a hefty fine if health inspectors were to show up (which they would regardless of the storm). and if they give away the food for free and somebody gets sick they would be able to sue the supermarket for selling spoiled food

reply to post by Thunderheart

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I would agree with you, except one question comes to mind. Most people keep their food in the kitchen on the main floor. Some people have pantry's, and maybe even store some extra in the basement or garage.

How many people store their food in water tight containers? How many people store their food on the second floor or attic? Not many I would think.

These people may have had their original supplies destroyed in a house flood, or rotten in the fridge/freezer after a day or two of the power going out. Tip: If it is only the power going out, eat the stuff in the fridge and freezer first hopefully before it goes bad. This gives you the right to pig out on that ice cream.

Granted they would still have their canned food. I don't know if some of the food that comes sealed in a thin plastic containers would be water tight such as a sleeve of crackers. Everything not sealed, I would think would be bad.

Most of the time my family of five could last a week or more with the food we have, since I like to only go grocery shopping twice a month. I don't know if it would last if everything got soaking wet.

Unlike others, I have taken 2 liter water bottles and filled them up awhile ago. I usually make sure I put fresh water in them every 6 months or so. I would have alot more, except my husband started complaining about not having space for them. 17 up stairs for drinking, and 15 which includes 2 gallon milk jugs for flushing the toliet and other stuff as needed. I havn't changed the water in the ones downstairs in over a year.

I'm thinking I probably need more than that, but that is what my family will tolerate right now. I wonder if I would get a thank you if something does happen? Maybe I should start thinking about how I store the food. Then my family will really start calling me crazy.

reply to post by CaticusMaximus

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Most people have little to no self-discipline and exceptionally weak wills when it comes to controlling urges, so its not surprising that after three days (probably eating the whole time) people are claiming to be "starving"...

Obviously they are not as "disciplined" as you. So cut em some slack? Nobody "trains" for a disaster or receives advance notice of them. Who saw this coming? Not the people that struggle and get nothing daily anyway.

I doubt the whole town is lining up out back at the dumpster. People dive in good times too. I heard word that the stores are pitching their spoiling foods and word spreads quick among hungry bellies. Some of those folks have family, kids. At this point they are not guaranteed another meal for... how long?

One more thing. "survival" is not just not eating. These people have endured quite a bit since Monday. They are cold, blind and their stuff is soggy. That burns a lot more calories than at most other times.

reply to post by Thunderheart

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Some people have to learn by their mistakes. I don't understand why this is but it is. They won't listen to others telling them to prep yet will go dive in a dumpster after it happens. If they have learned than it is a learning experience, but they may also learn that there is food to be had other ways. A person could get sick eating food out of a dumpster, who knows what kind of bacteria they have.

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