Walmart at 446A
 

Parking lot is jammed. We're all gonna die! 😱

Hmmm, sounds like you were there too. :icon_bored:

Are you referring to the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Sarasota Plaza at 270 Heald Way? If so, it is not on 446A or 466A.

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Just off 466A.

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I could not get into the lot! Very long line at the Walmart gas station.

I tend to avoid that gas station all the time. They don't have enough pumps.

Agree but they usually have the lowest cost gas other than Sam’s or BJ’s.

At 7 pm last night, the parking lot was about 20% full.

is there any TP left?

Kinda reminds me of the "famous" NY/NJ Bread & Milk video because whenever the word "snow" was in a news report the whole world went nuts. Don't get me wrong, this storm can and will be dangerous but it still will be over in under 24hrs. FWIW, SAMCLUB has no toilet paper OR water. Went there today for our normal shopping stuff and there was someone at the door announcing "NO WATER NO TOILET PAPER" as you walked in.

"Bread & Milk" Part 1:

"Bread & Milk" Part 2:

Funny!

Had a Dr appointment in Leesburg yesterday. Filled up the tank. No line, same price as Walmart.

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Back UpNort, we saw this phenomenon a day or two before a blizzard. "Storm rush", one of the HyVee managers called it. People waiting until the last minute to get prepared, then a surge of panic-buying meant the stores were scenes of near-chaos.

MUCH easier (and a lot cheaper) to maintain a state of readiness at all times. We're set: car and golf cart full of gas; generator likewise (and run up three days ago to make sure); plenty of water, TP and food on hand; emergency kit well-stocked, plenty of flashlights and plenty of batteries for the flashlights, six gallons of cabernet sauvignon wine finished and ready for bottling, etc. etc. Last-minute stuff will include bringing the patio plants inside, filling the bathtub with water, and making sure all chargeables such as iPads, phones, etc. are charged up.

Won't be fun, but we're ready.

Sam's Club was completely out on Saturday... but Amazon brought me some on Sunday morning.

There’s still nitwits among us who cause more issues than what is necessary. You are 2 hrs away from the coast. Yes, you’ll get winds like the rest of the state but the sky isnt falling.