What's the deal with panic buyers purchasing huge amounts of eggs and bread?

[brentspeak]

If power goes out, what do these people plan on doing? Making uncooked French toast?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Maybe they plan to hardboil the eggs...

And bread can be eaten without further ado.

[Trajan]

2. Maybe they have a gas BBQ , and pots and pans and water ....

Keeping the eggs fresh is another problem altogether ...

[Curtland1015]

3. DUH! Plant the bread to grow wheat, plant the eggs to grow chickens.

Unlimited food!

[2theleft]

4. That's how you know they are calling for bad weather in Virginia...

No bread, eggs, or milk to be found. I have no idea the theory behind it, but it happens every time. Wait until they mention the "s" word...It's like you can't drive to the grocery when there are flakes falling from the sky.

[RebelOne]

5. Same thing happens here in Georgia.

Even a hint of snow and people flock to the supermarket. They totally wipe out the bread and milk.

[Odin2005]

9. Heh, it just snowed in Fargo, life goes on as normal.

Bunch of wimps terrified of a little snow!

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. If you cook it beforehand, French toast makes a great floatation device.

[HappyMe]

7. Bread for peanut butter sandwiches.

Eggs will keep a couple of days on the counter, or in a cooler with ice. People have gas grills and camping stoves.

[Iggo]

8. You answered your own question.

It's panic buying.

[HopeHoops]

10. Hard-boiled eggs will get you through for a long time. A loaf of bread and peanutbutter will too.

We only picked up the "no power in the house" foods, including distilled water. We'll be fine even though it's headed directly toward us.

[libodem]

11. Blessings on you and yours

Be protected.

[HopeHoops]

12. Oh hell. We've been through worse. That's why we're always prepared.

I've got two fully-stocked batter racks and at least 10 UPS units in the house. We'll have power. The freezer has a bunch of deep freeze packs (for my medicine injection pen) and just two of them would keep the refrigerator at 40 degrees. We've got booze, soda, and plenty of food. We'll do fine. Hell, we lived in NH for ten years and made fun of the grocery store raiders up there. All I'm worried about is our cherry tree. We rescued her once, but I'm not sure a second time would be possible.

But JUST IN CASE! My wife assembled a survival kit in the basement, complete with chairs, animal food, munchies for us, and something else she mentioned that I can't remember. Everyone has a D-size flashlight and a AAA pocket one on their persons. Just precautions, but I'm still mostly worried about the wind.

[libodem]

13. Cut back the limbs before the snow hits it

Or the wind. All the sap is headed down by now. It's the cracking and tearing that hurt most. Clean cuts are better.

[HopeHoops]

18. We trimmed it heavily before uprighting it. There's not much more to safely remove.

I just hope it survives this storm.

[libodem]

19. Me too

Poor tree needs crutches. Good luck.

[TorchTheWitch]

14. gas oven and stove top

One of the reasons I much prefer them to electric.

[BainsBane]

15. I always opted for peanut butter and summer sausage

In the many hurricanes I went through. I never did eggs.
What's really amazing is how busy liquor stores are before Hurricanes. Most people seem to drink their way through the storm.

[TeamPooka]

16. my uncle owned a superette in New England and for every

hurricane, nor-Easter or blizzard the eggs bread and milk would always always sell out.
but we would also sell out of batteries, cigarettes, beer and candy bars.

[NickB79]

17. Both can be left unrefridgerated for a week with no problems

In Europe, eggs are routinely stored on the counter.

Now cooking those eggs might be a problem with power out.

[geardaddy]

20. People also have gas stoves.

We do.