Post by Scott Chapman on Nov 24, 2017 11:36:27 GMT -5
As of last night, martial las was declared in our little corner of the world. Apparently, the first NRS victim was one of a nest of NRS-positive homeless people that were found hiding in and under an old crack house in central Tampa just outside the area of town that caters to the Ybor City nightclub scene. Mixed in with the group was a prostitute that had been reported to her parole officer for skipping on her landlady, a teenager girl who had been listed as a runaway in another state, and a young man who had been listed as Awol from MacDill AFB. The kid was fresh out of basic training and his parents had said he was freaking out after his first Zombie Detail Training Session (ZDTS).
The nest was 12 people in size, possibly more that were yet unaccounted for. The NRS Response Committee is basically shutting Tampa down for at least a week to assure that no NRS-positives remain in the area. All schools are closed for the week. No group gatherings are being allowed for at least as long. The interstate system and the bay area bridges are all closed down. There is a dusk to dawn curfew for adults and no one under the age of 18 is allowed to be out unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
The nest was 12 people in size, possibly more that were yet unaccounted for. The NRS Response Committee is basically shutting Tampa down for at least a week to assure that no NRS-positives remain in the area. All schools are closed for the week. No group gatherings are being allowed for at least as long. The interstate system and the bay area bridges are all closed down. There is a dusk to dawn curfew for adults and no one under the age of 18 is allowed to be out unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
(Family Conference)
Scott and his wife gathered their children in the living room and explained to them about what had been happening. The kids freaked out but had finally claimed down after a while. Scott turned the radio on and left it on all day long, as the all-news channels, but luckily Scott and his wife have their crap together already. They've heard on the radio that the gas stations and grocery stores are a nightmare despite the fact that no one is supposed to be doing any unnecessary traveling. There have been several near riots.
(Lockdown )
Before everybody went to bed last night Scott and James closed and locked all of the storm shutters and closed and locked all the roll down doors that can only be activated from the outside of the house. Doing so will make the house incredibly dark and cave-like. The family had stayed indoors for a few days like the radio alerts suggested. Scott and James had also done other things as well like bringing in the lawn furniture, securing the vehicles, and a few other things before it had got dark. Today they will finish all of that stuff ff and will then further secure the fuel storage, both for the vehicles and for the propane grill.
(Inventory)
KAREN: We have nearly a year's worth of food for seven at 2000 calories/day/person. That's nothing to sneeze at, but it's only going to last if I'm as careful as I can be with what we have. The other thing I did was inventory what I had in the refrigerator and freezer to see what I needed to use up first.
: Inventory of the refrigerator:
The inventory of the freezer
I also have
If I work this out right I should be able to make all of that last a week with some odds and ends left over. I'm so glad that I got that order of stuff in from Honeyville last week. Fifteen hundred dollars knicked our savings pretty good, but in exchange, we now have 130 #10 cans of basic long-term food storage items including cases of powdered whole eggs.
Scott and his wife gathered their children in the living room and explained to them about what had been happening. The kids freaked out but had finally claimed down after a while. Scott turned the radio on and left it on all day long, as the all-news channels, but luckily Scott and his wife have their crap together already. They've heard on the radio that the gas stations and grocery stores are a nightmare despite the fact that no one is supposed to be doing any unnecessary traveling. There have been several near riots.
(Lockdown )
Before everybody went to bed last night Scott and James closed and locked all of the storm shutters and closed and locked all the roll down doors that can only be activated from the outside of the house. Doing so will make the house incredibly dark and cave-like. The family had stayed indoors for a few days like the radio alerts suggested. Scott and James had also done other things as well like bringing in the lawn furniture, securing the vehicles, and a few other things before it had got dark. Today they will finish all of that stuff ff and will then further secure the fuel storage, both for the vehicles and for the propane grill.
(Inventory)
KAREN: We have nearly a year's worth of food for seven at 2000 calories/day/person. That's nothing to sneeze at, but it's only going to last if I'm as careful as I can be with what we have. The other thing I did was inventory what I had in the refrigerator and freezer to see what I needed to use up first.
: Inventory of the refrigerator:
- An almost full gallon of milk (15 of the 16 cups that make up a gallon)
- One quart of orange juice
- A variety pack of sandwich meats
- Half bottle of Bloody Marry Mix left over from a party at your neighbor's apartment
- Some flank steak that you hadn't put in the freezer yet.
- Two loaves of sandwich bread
- 1 package of hamburger buns
- The tail end of a small can of pineapple juice
- A large tub of margarine or butter-flavored spread
- Lots of miscellaneous opened condiments
- Several blocks of cheese as well as a couple bags of shredded cheddar cheese
- Most of a pie brought home from work that is leftover from an office luncheon
- Two and a half packages of sliced bacon
- Half a container of sour cream
- some fresh salad fixings
- Two green bell peppers
- a small bag of onions
- A small bunch of celery
- Half of a 2=liter bottle of 7up soda pop
The inventory of the freezer
- frozen bread dough
- several pounds of butter
- a quart of vanilla ice cream
- a 4 lb pork roast
- a 2 lbs. boneless chuck roast
- several pounds of chicken pieces
- Two frozen pizzas
- About two pounds of shrimp already peeled and deveined, but not cooked.
- A medium sized beef brisket (fresh, not corned)
- bag of corn on the cob
- A couple of pounds of ground beef.
- A pound of ground pork sausage
- large bag of frozen hash browns
- A bag of frozen chicken nuggets
I also have
- A small bunch of bananas on the countertop
- A bag of mixed apples (golden delicious and red primarily, but there are also a couple of green granny smith apples)
- A large box of Twinkies that was a panic buy at Sams because I thought they would last forever and are individually packaged as well
- A box of Cheez-its
- An unopened can of coca-cola that I found where it rolled under the passager car seat of my van
- several bags of potatoes that are kept properly stored