Stocking Up - Always Be Prepared
Ever since 1999 I've been a little bit paranoid of major catastrophes. You see, I worked in Technology at the time and was responsible for the computers in a law firm. I was sent to numerous conferences in order to plan and deal with the upcoming Y2K bug. It was believed that we could have complete failures of systems worldwide including financial, shipping and airlines. I was fairly convinced we were going to have some issues when the clock struck 12:01 on January 1, 2000. Of course, we know now it was all for naught; lucky us!
Growing up in "earthquake country" didn't help my paranoia. I watched the news of my old neighborhood near Northridge, CA being flattened by the quake in 1994. I had moved to Phoenix two weeks prior; dodged that bullet! My relatives scattered around the San Fernando Valley were without power or running water for two weeks, boiling water from their pools to cook. My mother always had a stock of canned goods growing up. You just never knew when a quake would happen. I vividly remember the Sylmar quake in the 1970s, and shaking uncontrollably under my grade school desk. So yes, I have a healthy fear of catastrophe.
Seeing videos coming out of Wuhan sparked my survival instinct. It was time to make sure my pantry was full and I had cold meds and Kleenex. We could all be down with a bug at once and having canned soup we could pop in the microwave would be wise. I dragged myself to Costco, still feeling cruddy with my ear stuffed up, and got what I felt was smart to have on hand: a couple of cases of bottled water (I'm a water snob), canned corn, green beans, chili, baked beans, soup, hot dogs, frozen burger patties, pizzas and breads. Three kinds of cold medicines for a family of four completed my order, and I left feeling just a little more in control with what was going on in the world.
Growing up in "earthquake country" didn't help my paranoia. I watched the news of my old neighborhood near Northridge, CA being flattened by the quake in 1994. I had moved to Phoenix two weeks prior; dodged that bullet! My relatives scattered around the San Fernando Valley were without power or running water for two weeks, boiling water from their pools to cook. My mother always had a stock of canned goods growing up. You just never knew when a quake would happen. I vividly remember the Sylmar quake in the 1970s, and shaking uncontrollably under my grade school desk. So yes, I have a healthy fear of catastrophe.
Seeing videos coming out of Wuhan sparked my survival instinct. It was time to make sure my pantry was full and I had cold meds and Kleenex. We could all be down with a bug at once and having canned soup we could pop in the microwave would be wise. I dragged myself to Costco, still feeling cruddy with my ear stuffed up, and got what I felt was smart to have on hand: a couple of cases of bottled water (I'm a water snob), canned corn, green beans, chili, baked beans, soup, hot dogs, frozen burger patties, pizzas and breads. Three kinds of cold medicines for a family of four completed my order, and I left feeling just a little more in control with what was going on in the world.
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