Hurricane Harvey

Plainview said:
This was a mistake and Best Buy responded and it was a mistake by employees who extrapolated single bottle price for the entire case as they don't have pricing for cases of water in the system since they never sell cases.

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No don't it's price gouging and taking advantage of people in need of essentials.

Believe it or not, I actually believed their pricing was stupidly set that way as individual bottles being priced x 12/24, instead of a case of water being sold cheap for like $5 at a grocery store.

That argument by Best Buy would have held up if the 12 pack selling for $29.98 didn't equate to each bottle selling for $2.498333 cents each.
 
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Looking back at some of the comments about survival and stocking up on supplies, nobody stocks up on 6 months of food. Even someone living in the middle of a forest where the closest store is an hour away isn't going to hoard half a year's worth of food in his cabin.

Also, to even hoard that much food, you got to have space. And the best places to store this stuff is in the basement or in a freezer. Not everyone has a basement and even fewer people have freezers.

For something like a major flood, storing half a year's worth of food is pointless anyway unless it's dry edible goods. Anything needing fresh water or power to cook it (dry pasta, frozen food, powdered milk etc...) would be useless and spoil.

I don't live in areas that get hit with tornados and such, so nobody cares to stock up on food, and I've never known anyone who has a bomb shelter.

However, even in crisis-prone areas, people should be prepared, but like everything in life there's moderation. If you over-do it and it works out, that's great. But for 99.99% of the time, reasonable precautions is good enough.

That's like all of us with car insurance. I get a standard policy with I think a $1,000 deductible. Now if I really wanted to be extra prepared, I could ask them to double my premium, but have the best coverage in the whole city with all kinds of coverage nobody's ever heard of.

Waste of money and not the norm. Now if by luck an asteroid hits my car, hey I'm covered! But chances of something really out of the norm happening is slim, so standard coverage is enough. In that case, if an asteroid did hit my car, then yeah I'm out of luck.

Or another example of over-doing it beyond the norm, why not have every person buy a car and install bullet proof glass? Costs more. Takes more effort to go through the hassle of installing it, but hey, if a car jacker or crook wants to shoot you through the window, you're safe.

But it's unreasonable to expect people to go overboard and get bullet proof glass.
 
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Hurricane Irma :really:

May become Category 4

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I've been stuck in more than one blizzard and you can do a few very simple things to make sure you have food for a few days (6 months is doomsday prepping and is a totally different thing).

Canned goods are easy. Take what you are buying already (soups and stuff that are hearty and easy to make are great) and buy a few extra cans. Something on sale? Buy a few extra cans. Stick them in a waterproof container along with a flashlight and fresh batteries. A couple of bucks and a couple of minutes is all you need. Bottled water is good too. For blizzards, water is never a problem but fresh water in other areas can be hard to come by.

You don't need to plan to live like a king. Just better to have canned goods on hand.

I've been stuck in a house with no power for 5 days and you run out of food fast. You only have so long before the fridge food spoils (so we actually eat quite well early on as you may as well cook everything before it goes bad). The worst part is the boredom.
 
Kerosene31 said:
I've been stuck in more than one blizzard and you can do a few very simple things to make sure you have food for a few days (6 months is doomsday prepping and is a totally different thing).

Canned goods are easy. Take what you are buying already (soups and stuff that are hearty and easy to make are great) and buy a few extra cans. Something on sale? Buy a few extra cans. Stick them in a waterproof container along with a flashlight and fresh batteries. A couple of bucks and a couple of minutes is all you need. Bottled water is good too. For blizzards, water is never a problem but fresh water in other areas can be hard to come by.

You don't need to plan to live like a king. Just better to have canned goods on hand.

I've been stuck in a house with no power for 5 days and you run out of food fast. You only have so long before the fridge food spoils (so we actually eat quite well early on as you may as well cook everything before it goes bad). The worst part is the boredom.
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A week, yes, six months, no. Also, food during a flood is far different than a blizzard. You never know how high the water will come. People's houses ended up being two floors below water.

When we have a blizzard warning, when I had a bathtub, I'd fill that along with having a about five gallons for drinking. Gas stove so that's usually not an issue. Also, I live near a few Chinese restaurants, and they're always open. I've yet to not get Chinese food during a blizzard.
 
Intellivision said:
No don't it's price gouging and taking advantage of people in need of essentials.

Believe it or not, I actually believed their pricing was stupidly set that way as individual bottles being priced x 12/24, instead of a case of water being sold cheap for like $5 at a grocery store.

That argument by Best Buy would have held up if the 12 pack selling for $29.98 didn't equate to each bottle selling for $2.498333 cents each.
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Price on the sign works out exactly as the price per bottle extrapolated. Cashier priced it the only way the system would allow it. They don't sell cases there and the only way to ring it up is per bottle x 12/24.
 
lowdru2k said:
Our power is still out. They working on it, could be out another 24+ hours.
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During Sandy I was without it for five days. How long has it been for you?

I wanted to look and see how big Sandy was as I just remember it being big. JESUS CHRIST! It went from Florida to the Arctic!

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Plainview said:
During Sandy I was without it for five days. How long has it been for you?

I wanted to look and see how big Sandy was as I just remember it being big. JESUS CHRIST! It went from Florida to the Arctic!

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Thats crazy. I had no idea it was anywhere near that big.
 
Plainview said:
Price on the sign works out exactly as the price per bottle extrapolated. Cashier priced it the only way the system would allow it. They don't sell cases there and the only way to ring it up is per bottle x 12/24.
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Not the 12 pack for $29.98. It comes to individual priced bottles at $2.49833. The 24 pack comes to a clean $1.79 per unit.
 
Plainview said:
It was massive. Remember how big winter storm Jonas was? It was from the middle part of South America all the way up to the middle of Canada.

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That's insane, and yet still not the worst Jonas.
 
You've got to be f***ing kidding me? This mother f***ing snake oil salesman refused providing shelter for people. Only after being hammered in social media did he let people take refuge.

https://abc13.com/society/joel-osteen-honored-by-city-of-houston-for-post-harvey-help/3957138/

Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church honored by city of Houston for post-Harvey help​
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --​
Pastor Joel Osteen, who initially took criticism for not opening the doors of his famed megachurch to those displaced in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, was recognized Tuesday by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and city council members for his role in storm relief.​
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Osteen, his family, and his Lakewood Church staff were honored at city hall.​
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According to the city, Lakewood helped thousands affected by Harvey's flooding get back on their feet, including assisting in rehabbing flood-damaged homes.​
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Turner presented a proclamation to Osteen in recognition of the church's efforts in the aftermath of the storm. Any council member can request a proclamation, which in this case was initiated by Councilman Jack Christie.​
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In the early stages of the storm's wake, many residents wondered why Lakewood Church was inaccessible to those seeking relief.​
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On the first of several heavy rain days, the church cited severe flooding for the cause. But, people quickly took to social media questioning whether the building next to Southwest Freeway was really impacted by the storm.​
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The day after, Osteen was prepared to help those in need.​
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"We have never closed our doors. We will continue to be a distribution center for those in need. We are prepared to house people once shelters reach capacity. Lakewood will be a value to the community in the aftermath of this storm in helping our fellow citizens rebuild their lives," the church said in a statement.​
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The church also released photos showing the flooding around the church.​
 
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