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askme_if_im_a_chair t1_jc33ehj wrote

Is this ever going to go away? I've lived on my own for a while now and not once have I gotten the urge to buy milk and bread before a storm

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citrus_mystic t1_jc38rvz wrote

Not joking, I think this is kind of a trauma response. This phenomena started after the blizzard of ‘78 and everyone who lived through that instilled a need for bread and milk during storms upon their children; along with stories of being snowed in for days.

I don’t think this will go away as long as the reputation of that blizzard continues to live on in the memories of those who experienced it.

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Riff_Raff66 t1_jc39yi3 wrote

I was 11 when that storm hit. I'm the youngest of 8 kids and my mother was the person who had racks of canned goods and all sorts of other goodies in the basement. Also a full size freezer full of meats and such. It was like Stop and Shop down there. We did pretty well during that storm

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CammiKit t1_jc3m25l wrote

My dad was a kid during the blizzard of ‘78.

Before I moved out, our blizzard shopping trips weren’t bread and milk. We got stuff like frozen pizzas and snacks because if we were getting snowed in we’d make a party out of it. I kind of miss it but now that my son is getting older I’m doing the same with him, making it special.

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askme_if_im_a_chair t1_jc4elhr wrote

I like this better than mill and bread lol

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CammiKit t1_jc4i547 wrote

It’s so much better lol, especially when nowadays even with big snowstorms power outages aren’t as likely and get resolved fairly quickly (at least in places I’ve lived.)

Also, happy cake day!

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digitalbulet t1_jc41le6 wrote

Is there a more rational reason possibly? Like for example you are just getting all the people who would normally do their grocery shopping on Tuesday but because there’s a storm coming Tuesday they are just going on Monday instead? So you have two days worth of grocery shoppers all piling in at the same time? Idk I guess I don’t think people are that stupid and there’s usually a logical reason for things. Could be wrong though

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CatH2222 t1_jc4cuz1 wrote

I was 7 for the blizzard of 1978. Lived in Andover, MA. We were out of power for a week and it too 5 days to get plowed out of our cul-de-sac. I thought it was great! A fun adventure. Then I became a parent and started to worry about what I would do if it happened. Thankfully, I moved to RI and never really had to worry over the past 30 years 😄.

Aldo, we didn't have the technology to forecast that we do today so we always have some time before the storm hits. Plenty of time to stock up on bread and milk before the big rush.

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