08:06 – Friday the 13th falls on a Friday this month.
I got another email from the woman I mentioned yesterday. With the news yesterday about two cops being shot in Ferguson, she and her husband decided not to wait until the weekend to start stocking up. So she visited the Sam’s Club website yesterday and ordered a bunch of food and other supplies through their pickup service. Her husband is borrowing a trailer from a friend and the two of them will meet at Sam’s Club this afternoon to pick up their stuff and haul it home. They plan to do one or two more runs over the weekend, while they still have the trailer.
She said they’re using the list I sent her as a starting point, but they intend to buy a lot more than I suggested because they want to have enough extra to be able to help friends and neighbors if bad comes to worse. On my recommendation, she also ordered a supply of foil-laminate Mylar gallon bags and oxygen absorbers from the LDS on-line store. After those arrive, they plan to have a repackaging party to transfer 3,000 pounds or so of dry staples into the 500 one-gallon bags.