What is your advice on supply shortages during this pandemic?

I still can't get Buffalo Trace bourbon.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus Remember the months-long shortages of bread yeast? It turns out that the biggest delay on that grocery item was due to the lack of alternative packaging material, since the packaging manufacturer in China had pandemic sick-outs that delayed getting more of the materials used in fabricating those bread yeast packages.

Contact the manufacturer of that product yourself first, because they may be experiencing similar supply chain problems, rather than a shortage of the liquor itself. And they may have an estimate of when it will become available again, or they may have an updated list online of locations where it is now in stock.

a reply to: Uphill

It's a problem with liquor distribution in New Jersey and not an issue with Sazerac Company distilling.

a reply to: Uphill As of October 9th, many US people are having trouble buying mason jars for home canning. The supermarket tomato sauce (several different flavors, and some are organic) Classico is sold in 24 ounce glass mason jars ... that's 680 grams. The lids for that tomato sauce are solid metal, but may be easy to sterilize if you want to use them for home canning. I've been saving those glass jars and lids for years. We use them mostly for dry food storage, anything from grains to oat bran to lentils and beans, etc. A 24-ounce jar does not hold a lot, but it's a handy amount for our immediate usage needs; then we refill each jar as needed, once every 1-2 months. The Classico website for further info: www.classico.com...

a reply to: Uphill Friday, October 23, 2020: Today a pre-publication copy of a journal article from a workshop of the US NAS had a major pandemic announcement: They confirm aerosol transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. From now on, therefore, I will wash out daily the neck gaiter I wear over my surgical mask. In order to read the announcement, click on the left "overview" pane on the following page:

www.nap.edu...

The only real shortages that have affected me since this began, are industrial masks and ammo. I can put more meat/fish in my freezer whenever I need to, I got enough to last at least until summer. Same with canned veggies, had a decent haul this year. There was never any TP or food shortage(unless junk food, I don't really even go in those isles) around here. People didn't lose their minds and kept shopping like normal lol. For a while it was hard to get hand sanatizer and rubbing alcohol, but that was quite some time back.

a reply to: TKDRL Are industrial masks similar to disposable surgical masks? I recently ordered another box of disposable surgical masks from a local company (Los Angeles county, CA) that tests all its product types before it sells them. Let me know if you need that website.

I don't know about ammo availability, but near the beginning of this thread, some (I think it was an ATS Mod) had advice about obtaining ammo.

Recently I got an interesting tip from an MD on Twitter: He is an infectious disease specialist and a university professor. He told us he plans to receive a shot of the 1st COVID-19 vaccine available in the US that is evaluated to be safe and effective. In other words, he will *not* wait for the "perfect" vaccine.

a reply to: Uphill Monday, November 9th: A great deal of news today related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But first, on the supplies front:

At a local (SoCal) branch of the Smart & Final wholesale grocery outlet store, at the end of an aisle of cleaning products, today we found a very convenient display of locally produced hand sanitizer liquid, locally produced disinfecting disposable wipes, Clorox disinfecting spray surface cleaner, and the like. So check the ends of store aisles in addition to the aisles themselves when shopping for disinfecting supplies.

a reply to: Uphill From November 1, 2020 onward, more and more US grocery stores and food warehouses have announced quantity limits on food and non-food grocery items. So, for example, most US stores will only allow customers to buy one or two packs of toilet paper packages. So that may put an end to massive shortages of food items, paper products, essential cleaning supplies and gloves.

My No. 1 advice is to make a map of all the liberals around you who will not have guns to offset any supply shortages you might run into.

a reply to: Xtrozero
Gonna have to drive a long way for that round these parts

originally posted by: TKDRL

Gonna have to drive a long way for that round these parts

I live near Portland...something about fish in a barrel in these parts.

a reply to: Xtrozero .. Actually, one of the rural US sustainability bloggers had a constructive suggestion on home security issues. In the region where she lives (upstate New York), some own guns, and some don't. Her suggestion is to form a neighborhood watch group, the sooner the better. Her main idea there is to be aware of who is hanging out in the neighborhood, but also to be proactive in offering help when lots of people are simply looking for their next meal.


We really don't know duration yet on this pandemic.

a reply to: Uphill Update on December 28, 2020:

During December 2020, a few grocery store shelves were depleted in stocks like canned prepared soups, noodles, stuff like that. Most cleaning supplies are now available in most stores. Even Pine-Sol all-purpose cleaning liquid is once again available, after being sold out for 3 months or so after it was announced to be 99.99% effective at inactivating viruses.

The emergency supply websites are also re-stocking (on standard surgical masks, plastic gloves, stuff like that) and offer some of the best prices. There are often local or regional websites for emergency supply retailers in your geographic region.

I can't find prepared (dried) organic San Francisco crouton-style stuffing mix, but that's about the only "unobtanium" I'm currently seeing. Gelson's market told me that they have been sold out of that product for the last two months. I could buy it online, but it's expensive ($6.00 per package). My replacement idea is to buy or make an organic fresh loaf of sourdough bread, make croutons out of it, and use that for stuffing instead.

On the question of pandemic duration, the USA is currently looking at COVID-19 vaccine distribution for the general public starting around April 2021. Dr. Fauci currently sees many US people being able to return to a more normal life by Fall 2021.