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How are you preparing/prepared for Corona? (Read 48883 times)

changemyoil66

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #80 on: March 16, 2020, 11:17:48 AM »
Quote from: oldfart on March 16, 2020, 09:52:22 AM
I just lost power at my house.
Battery backups kicked in. I guess I'll go walk the dog now.

Going dark.
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oldfart

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #81 on: March 16, 2020, 11:45:09 AM »
Not whole house backup. Just for telecom and computer systems. A quiet generator will keep my beer cold.
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RSN172

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #82 on: March 16, 2020, 07:41:52 PM »
5:30pm HNN News showed people shopping at KTA Hilo and TP shelves were half full and nobody grabbing them.  KTA Manager said BI people don't panic during crisis because most are already prepared for disasters.  He said being prepared is a way of life here.
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #83 on: March 16, 2020, 08:51:28 PM »
Quote from: RSN172 on March 16, 2020, 07:41:52 PM
5:30pm HNN News showed people shopping at KTA Hilo and TP shelves were half full and nobody grabbing them.  KTA Manager said BI people don't panic during crisis because most are already prepared for disasters.  He said being prepared is a way of life here.

Yeah.  There are still people there working their way through the TP they hoarded during the last big shipping shutdown -- decades ago!   

I had a coworker (female, of course) who said she goes to look for decorations or luggage,  and she STILL finds bulks of TP she bought then and forgot about.  She also can't resist a good TP sale ad -- has to go buy even more!   :rofl: :rofl:
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Inspector

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #84 on: March 17, 2020, 01:50:50 PM »
Quote from: Flapp_Jackson on March 16, 2020, 08:51:28 PM
Yeah.  There are still people there working their way through the TP they hoarded during the last big shipping shutdown -- decades ago!   

I had a coworker (female, of course) who said she goes to look for decorations or luggage,  and she STILL finds bulks of TP she bought then and forgot about.  She also can't resist a good TP sale ad -- has to go buy even more!   :rofl: :rofl:
I wonder how much of her hoard is pastel colored TP? Remember? You are old enough if I remember correctly:

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/colored-toilet-paper-history-255476
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #85 on: March 17, 2020, 01:59:22 PM »
Quote from: Inspector on March 17, 2020, 01:50:50 PM
I wonder how much of her hoard is pastel colored TP? Remember? You are old enough if I remember correctly:

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/colored-toilet-paper-history-255476

I heard she passed about 9 years after I left that position.  Didn't find out until a year afterward.

When I think of her, all I can think of is her house stockpiled with TP, and the surprise her relatives must have experienced finding it all over the house!   :rofl:   :shaka:

I do remember my mom having this "thing" for disguising our extra TP with covers.  Some were crocheted hats, others were dolls in wide, Southern Belle type dresses.  I seem to remember we had a few different color "roll covers" to match the TP colors.

We were broke back then, so if the colors cost more than the white, I'm sure the covers were her way of keeping up with the "TP fashion of the day" without spending more on TP.   :thumbsup:
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rklapp

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #86 on: March 17, 2020, 06:53:32 PM »
Went to Kapolei Costco yesterday. There was about 100 yard long line. Took about 10 minutes to get in. There was a guy with a bull horn telling us the wait line is much longer inside. Once we made it inside, there was no line. I was so confused. Where was the line he warned us about? Maybe he was trying to scare us off. There were a couple people warning us in the parking lot that the line was 1.5 hours long.
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changemyoil66

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #87 on: March 17, 2020, 10:19:25 PM »
Quote from: rklapp on March 17, 2020, 06:53:32 PM
Went to Kapolei Costco yesterday. There was about 100 yard long line. Took about 10 minutes to get in. There was a guy with a bull horn telling us the wait line is much longer inside. Once we made it inside, there was no line. I was so confused. Where was the line he warned us about? Maybe he was trying to scare us off. There were a couple people warning us in the parking lot that the line was 1.5 hours long.
Did he work there?

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hvybarrels

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #88 on: March 18, 2020, 10:48:03 AM »
Went to Iwilei Costco yesterday and it was actually less busy than normal. People still moving their carts really fast and very impatient in the parking lot especially with all the spaces blocked off. No toilet paper so I think everyone is waiting for the next shipment to make a mad dash.
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6716J

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #89 on: March 18, 2020, 01:31:04 PM »
Quote from: rklapp on March 17, 2020, 06:53:32 PM
Went to Kapolei Costco yesterday. There was about 100 yard long line. Took about 10 minutes to get in. There was a guy with a bull horn telling us the wait line is much longer inside. Once we made it inside, there was no line. I was so confused. Where was the line he warned us about? Maybe he was trying to scare us off. There were a couple people warning us in the parking lot that the line was 1.5 hours long.
Waipio had line down the side and halfway around the back on Sunday morning. Took about 15 minutes to get in at 10. No TP, no sanitizer, etc.

Checkout line went pretty quick at 11AM only about 10 minutes total.
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WTF?Shane

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #90 on: March 18, 2020, 01:37:47 PM »
A co-worker at my job does part time at Costco Iwilei. He said they're limiting to the amount of customers within the building and put markings at the checkout lines for social distancing.

Edit: Also, every other register is open.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2020, 10:02:53 AM by WTF?Shane »
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #91 on: March 18, 2020, 05:51:39 PM »
Went to Costco Waipio before 3:30.  Lucked out and got a parking spot right beside the crosswalk at the Entrance.

Entrance is a gauntlet now.  Have to go around to the left, get a cart, get in line, and then wait for the employee directing "traffic" to let the line move.  The Entrance and Exit lines are once again crossing each other, so they stop one line to let the other go.

No real wait to get in.  Exit line was light, and Entrance only had a few ahead of me.

Went to Customer Service to return an item.  Watched the employees yelling to "herd" people from line to line. I think they were practicing for when there are more people.  Really not necessary to be drill sergeants at that moment.

All the Dairy is now where the produce used to be.  Every item had a "LIMIT 1" sign above it.  The cashiers were being alerted by the registers when something exceeded the limits, which they did enforce.

Didn't see TP or Bounty, but did get a case of bottled water (LIMIT 1) and for some reason Damp Rid was also limited to 1.   :wtf:

No pork'n'beans or vienna sausages, but they had SPAM (go figure).

One girl was herding people at the top of her lungs around the pharmacy shelves to the self-checkout lines that were closed off by lines of buggies.  Normal checkout lines were moving pretty quickly.  I imagine the item limits help.

Home Depot is shortening their hours, BTW.  They will open at normal times, but close at 6PM.

I'm anticipating all stores following that trend.  I haven't heard of any slow-downs in shipping to Hawaii, but I have a feeling that's going to be the case.

This is going to get worse before it gets better. 
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the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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drck1000

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #92 on: March 19, 2020, 09:59:16 AM »
Heard things are nuts at the various Costcos and Sams.  Something like "100+ people" waiting in line at those locations.   :o

Be safe out there fellas.
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oldfart

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #93 on: March 20, 2020, 07:03:16 AM »
I went to Walmart kunia last night and they were closed.
Their new hours are 7am to 8:30pm.

Expect a curfew on Oahu soon.
My kid was called in for National Guard duty next week.

Most of the office workers at my job are working from home.
Unfortunately that means more work for us schmucks who still commute every day.
 :(
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groveler

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #94 on: March 20, 2020, 07:34:39 AM »
Quote from: oldfart on March 20, 2020, 07:03:16 AM
I went to Walmart kunia last night and they were closed.
Their new hours are 7am to 8:30pm.

Expect a curfew on Oahu soon.
My kid was called in for National Guard duty next week.

Most of the office workers at my job are working from home.
Unfortunately that means more work for us schmucks who still commute every day.
 :(
"Expect a curfew on Oahu soon."
I think the curfew S/B permanent.
Outer islands would flourish.
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pj_benn

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #95 on: March 20, 2020, 10:22:50 AM »
Can’t find a freezer anywhere. Lowe’s, Home Depot, Sears, Costco, sams. Any small appliance stores you guys know of?
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drck1000

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #96 on: March 20, 2020, 10:35:29 AM »
Quote from: pj_benn on March 20, 2020, 10:22:50 AM
Can’t find a freezer anywhere. Lowe’s, Home Depot, Sears, Costco, sams. Any small appliance stores you guys know of?
Are those "rent to own" type places still operating?

See if anyone who has privileges to NEX can assist.  I heard they have awesome prices on appliances. 
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #97 on: March 20, 2020, 12:08:07 PM »
Quote from: pj_benn on March 20, 2020, 10:22:50 AM
Can’t find a freezer anywhere. Lowe’s, Home Depot, Sears, Costco, sams. Any small appliance stores you guys know of?

https://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/app/d/kapolei-freezer-brand-new/7094363710.html
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

changemyoil66

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #98 on: March 20, 2020, 02:15:50 PM »
Quote from: pj_benn on March 20, 2020, 10:22:50 AM
Can’t find a freezer anywhere. Lowe’s, Home Depot, Sears, Costco, sams. Any small appliance stores you guys know of?

Best Buy, Macys worth a shot
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groveler

Re: How are you preparing/prepared for Corona?
« Reply #99 on: March 20, 2020, 02:36:00 PM »
Which island?
I can loan you one.
I have an extra, I don't use
But you have to return it.
21 cu ft or so.
I do have one question.
I own 5 or so freezers,
I also have 5 computers.
If you want to live and prosper in Hawaii
assume the worst from man, nature, and
Democrats.
Why didn't you prepare?


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