Scots urged to stop panic buying food

[rcjordan]

The Deputy First Minister asked people to be "sensible" when purchasing food and fuel until shop supplies return to normal, after record snowfall brought many areas to a standstill.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/02/scots-urged-stop-panic-buying-food-armed-forces-called-help/

PFffftt! Screw him! Clear the shelves! Just like here is NC.

[Brad]

Do they have canned haggis in Scotland or is that export only?

[BoL]

Lucky the roads are reasonably clear now for deliveries coming through. Tea drinkers who take milk are still recovering from withdrawal.

[BoL]

12ft drifts

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-43271653

Most I've seen in Scotland in my lifetime. Apparently it was just as bad in the late '80s, must've been too busy playing in it...

[Mackin USA]

https://www.wisefoodstorage.com/

[rcjordan]

RAF flies supplies into snow-bound Cumbrian residents
Food and heating materials to be delivered to communities cut off for up to five days

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/raf-flies-supplies-into-snow-bound-cumbrian-residents

I'm assuming that Cumbria is a rural area with crappy roads and little or no snow-handling equipment on-site? (Like much of the mid-South.)

[creative666]

Yep - well parts of it are a large national park, so the rural part depends on how deep in the forest you live I guess