I feel like I won the lottery!

[SheltieLover]

In a sense, I did.

Instacart shopper scored me 5 gal of distilled water for washing dishes & a case of bottled drinking water.

I've been ordering & reordering for 2 days. No water to be had anywhere, but this guy scored (& got a big tip!).

Already 1 broken water main in Memphis & the super cold, ice storm, & snowstorm hasn't even arrived!

[markodochartaigh]

1. Be careful driving.

I remember in '88 in Dallas when water mains were breaking. Nothing is as slippery as a street filled with ice from a broken main. It was two weeks before it completely melted.

[SheltieLover]

2. I never leave my house.

I order food deliveries & just exist indoors.

Roads frequently break axles, etc. & crime way too high.

Ty!

[debm55]

3. So happy for your SheltieLover. Please be safe. Love ya.

[SheltieLover]

4. Thx, Deb

Big stock of paper plates & microwaveable bowls for soup, too.

I guess the masses didn't "thunk" of that.

Last time such a storm hit here, people were without electricity & potable water for 3 weeks. Yikes!

That was in 1994 &, trust me, infrastructure has done nothing but deteriorate during the intervening years.

Preventative maintenance & upgrades seem to be missing from the Southern vernacular.

[MontanaMama]

5. Woohoo!

You scored!

[SheltieLover]

6. Yes & massive supply of paper plates & microwaveable bowls for soup.

Last time such a big storm hit, everyone was without electric & potable water for 3 weeks! Holy crap!

Baby wipes for "bathing" incoming from Target...

Truly like living in a 3rd world country here.

Gs might have an adventure heating (or cooking!) Food on computer cpu or car engine blocks. (There are you tube videos...sadly. lol)

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Well done, SL! ❤️

[SheltieLover]

10. Thx, Pants!

[littlemissmartypants]

17. 💞

[flashman13]

8. There are way more good people than there are MAGAts.

Take care of your neighbors all.

[Sogo]

9. Take care, Sheltie Lover! And stay safe!!

It's -3 here in IA, with a windchill of -21.

I just finished a cup of hot chocolate and will be making lentil soup for lunch....

[SheltieLover]

11. Sounds like a solid plan!

24 hrs of 35 mph winds here with temps in mid teens & WC forecast from 10 above to 10 below.

Memphis is not built for this! Gawd only knows why...

[bronxiteforever]

12. SheltieLover that is good news. Stay safe!

[SheltieLover]

13. Ty, Bronxite!

I never leave my home due to horrific roads, meth head drivers, & extreme violence.

[Javaman]

14. that's gold! stay safe. :) nt

[SheltieLover]

19. Ty.

Hunkered down. 👍

[Clouds Passing]

15. Stay safe and warm Sheltie 🩵💛

And gs🩵💛

[SheltieLover]

20. Ty, Clouds

We're golden now ith water for washing hands & dishes.

[niyad]

16. That is excellent. I store water for dishes and toilets in washed 20# kitty

litter containers. Bottles of water for drinking, juices, etc., and things I can eat without cooking (cans and pouches), and plenty of kitty supplies. It is only supposed to be bad for a couple of days with this storm system, but I live on the Front Range, so always try to be prepared.


Please, everyone, be careful and safe and well out there.

[SheltieLover]

21. Good thinking!

Hunkered down. 👍

[Solly Mack]

18. :)

[SheltieLover]

22. Thx, Solly!

Just had a bottle of Stella with lunch, a rarity for me.

Tasted weird, so I googled what they did to it. Gobbled up by bush years ago. No longer brewed in Belgium, dammit!

Hunkered down here. 👍

[generalbetrayus]

23. Hang in there, Sheltie!

We've been lucky to have an unusually warm fall and winter this year here in Colorado, but today it is 10 degrees F at 11:30 AM on its way to a predicted high of 15. The wind chill factor is 1 degree F.

[SheltieLover]

24. All set here & hunkered down!

Stay warm & safe!

[mtngirl47]

25. If you still have running water

Fill your bath tubs so you will have water to flush with.

Also, every container in the kitchen. Every pot and pan and jar.

Keep warm!

[SheltieLover]

27. Yuppers. Underway!

Thx!

[CrispyQ]

26. Sounds like pandemic shopping.

So fortunate that we are missing the worst of this cold snap! A dusting of snow, low temps, but nothing that's not seasonal for January. Stay safe & warm!

[SheltieLover]

28. Glad you aren't in the path of this one. 2,300 miles long, per Ryan Hall.

[malaise]

29. Damn

Stay safe.

[SheltieLover]

30. Ty. Will do

Hunkered down. 👍

[applegrove]

31. Yipeeeeeeee! May your luck continue. And best wishes

that you don't see the worst of the storm.

[SheltieLover]

32. Ty, Apple! My luck did confinue yestetday.

Another Insracart shopper scored me a large box of baby wipes (for "bathing" when watet mains break & they have already done so in 1 area).

So, gs & I are hunkered down, having done all we could to prep our home & stocking supplies

[applegrove]

35. Stay warm and safe.

[SheltieLover]

36. Thx! You too!

[Niagara]

33. I rec'd this yesterday but didn't leave a comment

May your fortunate luck continue and please be safe, SheltieLover.


Would you keep updating us when you can?

[SheltieLover]

34. Ty!

2" snow & now freezing rain. 😓

Givens: power outages & broken watet mains, but gs & i are ready.