Request for Information (RFI) – Coronavirus Supply Sitrep MONTHLY UPDATE

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Here we are, just over a month after the last Request For Information, and my oh my how the world has changed.

I wanted the AP readership to sound off on what they are seeing in their AOs now that the WuFlu is in full swing as well as any tips for supplies that others might not be thinking of.

Some people have criticized the cost of the products from our newest affiliate, Mira Safety. I will only ask one rhetorical question as an answer: how many of us (including myself) not bat an eye at spending a couple hundred dollars on firearm components but scoff at the idea of getting top of the line CBRN protection that is reusable with new 40mm filters? Just because a mask – hell, even just their 20 year shelf life filters – isn’t the most door-kicking tacticool thing you can buy does NOT mean it is a waste of money. If you cannot afford it, I 100% understand that. But to not even consider such a purchase a good investment is, to this prepper, short sightedness.

American Partisan has received 50% of the gear ordered for the test, and will be writing some review articles when the other half arrives.

  1. My parents went to get a chest freezer from Lowes and they were shocked to find out they were backordered until July. Other places had similar situations. Luckily, they found an upright freezer at PC Richard and Sons and it is being delivered tomorrow.
  2. Gas here is getting so cheap that I went and got a few more 5 gallon gas cans from BJs (they were only $16.99!) and added to the fuel storage.
  3. Tylenol is getting in short supply, and I have heard from clerks that a shortage nationwide is expected.
  4. Meat is still available, but canned goods are taking shockingly long to resupply.
  5. The stores are all requiring face masks to enter and the number of people allowed in the stores at any time is cut by 50%.
  6. So far, almost everyone has been following social distancing and the quarantine and we have not really had a lot of commotion surrounding it. As the weather gets warmer and the North Jersey ilk want to make their way down to their Shore houses, that may change.

Here is an update on stores, starting with warehouse membership stores.

  1. There were plenty of paper products back in stock with strict limits of one item per person.
  2. Meat is available but in reduced quantities.
  3. Canned goods were slim pickings, and pasta was nearly non-existent.
  4. A few big bags of rice were available but all bags of beans were gone.
  5. There was limited restocks of cleaning supplies (i.e. Lysol).

As for the local grocery store, we only went to the smaller one because we could get everything we needed there. We may brave the bigger one tomorrow.

  1. Meat available, but again in small quantities.
  2. Pasta was scarce.
  3. Canned goods were moderately available.
  4. Yeast and flour were gone, suggesting people are baking their own breads.
  5. Fresh stuff was available aside from a few items such as mangoes.

Here are my Requests for Information (RFIs). You don’t have to report prior information, but rather just if the situation has changed (Think of last month’s post as your SALUTE report and these subsequent articles as your SALT reports).

  1. What supplies are low or nonexistent in your AO?
    1. Is there ammo available? Here are some deals we found.
    2. Paper product availability?
  2. What supplies are surprisingly available?
    1. Has the lists of these supplies changed since one month ago?
  3. Have you seen any forms of social unrest in your AO?
    1. How badly has the economics in your area been hit?
  4. What interruptions in public services are you seeing?
    1. Are you seeing the patterns of LEO enforcement changing?
  5. What interruptions in patterns of life are you seeing?
    1. This one is the most obvious, but are you seeing more neighbors talking to each other? Relationships being strengthened?
  6. If comfortable, a general idea of where you are located (vagueness is obviously fine – I mean, AP gets it lol)

Please report in the comments below and share any other similar reports you have seen elsewhere as well.

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Patriotman currently ekes out a survivalist lifestyle in a suburban northeastern state as best as he can. He has varied experience in political science, public policy, biological sciences, and higher education. Proudly Catholic and an Eagle Scout, he has no military experience and thus offers a relatable perspective for the average suburban prepper who is preparing for troubled times on the horizon with less than ideal teams and in less than ideal locations. Brushbeater Store Page: http://bit.ly/BrushbeaterStore

40 Comments

  1. Old South April 17, 2020 at 07:49

    Western NC 0739 17 APRIL

    Have not been inside a store in over 30 days.
    Very little cop traffic on local interstate. No one being pulled over.
    Steep decline in local car traffic, probably reduced by 2/3 or more.
    Local pastor that runs food distro reported 16 APRIL that his usual bulk food sources had dried up.
    Eerily quiet at night, no foot traffic or vehicular traffic seen.
    No social unrest seen locally. Protests in Raleigh over stay-at-home order. Police responded with arrest and dispersal.
    Work in local hospital. Very quiet, even ER. Many staff flexing off or furloughed. Tylenol shortage CONFIRMED.
    Meat packers/cutters, locally, backed up til June/July. Catlleman cannot get beef processed in timely manner.
    Blue Ridge Pkwy (NC) shut down. Local National Forests shut down. State forests shut down.
    Typical volume of fires/EMS calls noted.

    That is all.

    Old South Out.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 07:55

      Work in local hospital. Very quiet, even ER. Many staff flexing off or furloughed. Tylenol shortage CONFIRMED.

      Been hearing that everywhere. Thanks for a corroboration.

      Meat packers/cutters, locally, backed up til June/July. Catlleman cannot get beef processed in timely manner.

      Interesting. Seems like your area has an overabundance while some other plants are shut down due to virus outbreaks.

      Thank you for the report sir! God Bless.

  2. Coot April 17, 2020 at 08:20

    I live in the dfw area.
    The grocery stores are low on canned vegetables, meats, soups but good supply of fruits.
    Flour sugar and brown sugar are real low.
    TP paper towels and Kleenex are in stock but stores are limiting how much you can buy.
    Packaged meats are in stock
    Frozen pizza has been hit hard and slow to restock.
    Gas is $1.30ish for regular.
    Traffic hasnt changed much at all from the before.
    All city parks around me closed playgrounds about 3 weeks ago and they’re still closed but the walking paths are still open and heavily used now.
    I see a lot more kids on bikes scooters and skateboards than I did before.
    I’d say about 50% of people wear masks when out shopping and 50% of the mask wearers have gloves on.
    Lowes is busier than ever talked to some employees and they said sales were up 200%
    “Non essential” stores are still closed
    That’s about all I’ve noticed in my area.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 08:45

      Thank you for the report sir! Your observations in the grocery stores mirror mine in the Northeast. God Bless and stay safe.

  3. redclay April 17, 2020 at 08:39

    Living in NC area and mostly same situations as above, except that in central and eastern NC I have noted that the big chicken plant producers are holding bargain-priced, multi-day out-the-back-of-the-tractor trailer case sales of fresh (1-2 day old) processing chicken cuts for $1/lb. or thereabouts.

    A neighbor sold us 40 lbs. of the 100 lbs. of chicken breasts she bought at same sale last week. These sales (House of Raeford, Mountaire) causing some big traffic backups as noted in Raleigh TV broadcasts. I also noted that some of these chicken plants are starting to have Covid19 outbreaks, too, but so far in NC none have shut down – yet.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 08:46

      Oh man I wish I had those kind of chicken deals around me! They must be trying to clear stock in anticipation of more of the outbreaks you noted. Thank you for the report! Stay safe and God Bless.

  4. Arthur Sido April 17, 2020 at 10:28

    I am in northeast Indiana, outside of Fort Wayne. Most stores are pretty well stocked up on almost everything, for some reason dairy is usually pretty wiped out including stuff like yogurt. That seems odd as dairy has such a short shelf life. Cleaning supplies like Lysol are still completely gone but most places have toilet paper. The price of TP has clearly gone up significantly.

    Road traffic around here is creeping back toward normal levels. For a very short time, the roads were mostly empty in the early morning but work crews are back on the road. People are gradually starting to ignore the stay at home rules.

    Many people in the area are Amish, this is one of the largest settlements in the country. They aren’t having church which is a huge issue for them as it is their main social activity and weddings are being postponed, although several couples had very small gatherings with just their parents so they could get married and then will have the big shindig later. Most Amish businesses and construction crews are working with little interruption.

    I have noticed a few more sheriffs than usual, I assume they are sniffing around for any big Amish gatherings breaking the rules about social distancing. No social unrest where I live, it would have to get pretty bad for that to be a concern this far out in the country

    As a brand new FFL dealer (got my license this week), I was shocked by how many common firearms are just not available from the big distributors. One of the big ones has zero Glocks available other than the new .22 and a .357 SIG. No 9mm, no .40 or .45 or 10mm. Sig P365 and Springfield Hellcats are gone as well. Taurus 9mm like the G2 and G3 are unavailable. Very few Mossberg shotguns, none of the Shockwaves.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 11:04

      Wow, no glocks? That is a shocker for sure. Thank you for such an in-depth report! They were cracking down on the Hasidic Jewish population in my state, so no surprise that they are targeting the Amish. God Bless and be safe!

  5. mike fink April 17, 2020 at 10:46

    Behind enemy lines, Eastern Massachusetts. The state started reporting infection rates by town instead of just by county on April 14. That information is very useful for planning shopping trips (limited), to smaller rural markets as opposed to larger chain supermarkets. The numbers confirm the suspicion that the infection rate is massive in the big and medium sized cities and not so much in the sleepy smaller towns. In fact, the worst areas by far are the bastions of urban multiculteralism, and that holds true within the various neighborhoods of Boston itself. The report will only indicate >5 as a count for very rural towns on the notion that a real number like 1 or 2 or 0 is somehow a privacy risk for someone. This suggests that the virus is in fact everywhere to some degree.
    I have been eating through my canned food reserves to avoid food shopping for the most part but the few trips I have made suggest that pasta and canned food is still selling at a high rate. Gasoline is around $1.75 a gallon. Vegetable seeds are in stock and still available, I have seen reports from Vermont and New Hampshire that seeds are considered a non essential item and efforts are being made to prevent stores from selling them. Driving around the countryside in Mass and NH suggests that people are planting gardens now and this seems to be at a slightly higher rate than normal. Masks in public are becoming more common, about 40% I would say. Still way too much mingling going on in front of takeout eateries etc. Hiking and fishing are extremely popular at the moment and it is extremely difficult to find solitude to conduct either activity even in very remote areas. Hostile note was left on my windshield by a presumeably local fellow hiker at a New Hampshire trailhead My Mass tags evidently set him off. No indication of any local civil disturbances and I would guess the crime rate has dropped a bit. The scanner has been very quiet. No unusual military movements, The hospitals I have driven past have no evidence of being over-run and no tent overflow triage setups have been observed.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 11:07

      The state started reporting infection rates by town instead of just by county on April 14.

      We have had this for a while, and I agree it is super useful for planning.

      Behind enemy lines, Eastern Massachusetts.

      As a NJ resident, I feel your pain

      Masks here are required for entering essential establishments and the number of people allowed in have been cut in half. They also have senior only shopping hours every morning from 7am to 8am to help lessen the risk for them which I think is a fantastic idea.

      Thanks for reporting in! God Bless and stay safe!

  6. Cold Warrior April 17, 2020 at 11:14

    Report from Green Cove Springs, FL, 17APR20

    Wipes & hand-sanitizer non-existent. Pasta, ramen, and flour supplies are still low. TP is back on shelf at some stores with one/customer limit. Flour & pasta are new to the shortages; sheeple figuring it out. Ammo is available, but moderate price increases (5.56 & 9mm harder to find). Surprised to see absolutely zero .380 on the shelves (It was not for me, just happened to notice… I guess more mouse-guns out there than I thought).

    I have not seen any social unrest or suggestions of it here, but then again, in Florida, we still go outside regularly. The weather has been lovely; our front porch is a blessing!
    I have noticed among my northern friends a very different attitude. Marylanders planning a drive-in grid-lock for Annapolis shortly.

    It is hard to ascertain yet, what the economic impact is in our area; blessed my family are all still all working (Me – Defense acquisition/logistics, Wife – at home business, Son – Door dashing, as busy as he wants to be). All my neighbors are retired, so not seeing impact. We already knew our neighbors and regularly communicated with them, but have checked on folks more often.
    Interruptions in public services (aside from businesses that are closed) are minimal, in fact, in this area, there’s still quite a bit of traffic. In many parts of Florida, we seem a world apart from what the news shows. I do know from a health-care worker friend, a local hospital peaked with Kung-Flu cases one week ago.

    I see the unemployment numbers. I’ve noticed the bow-wave of what could be much bigger things: Shipping arrivals lower at ports, growers plowing under crops, and food-processing plants closing. Praying we restart quickly, and jobs, small businesses, and economy all come roaring back and overpower these long-term problems that could occur.

    Self admitted holes in my preps:
    – We just moved (escaped Maryland, back to Free Florida…God I love Florida) but temporarily in a rental, so lack of storage for long-term preps acknowledged risk.
    – Other risks: we do not currently have additional deep-freeze, or back-up generator.
    – Low on meats, see above.
    – Was only “OK” on three of seven essential “B” items:
    1) Bread = We make bread, plenty of supplies stored
    2) Bullion = Low due to recent hardships
    3) Booze = Excellent shape (also great for barter!)
    4) Bullets = Fair
    5) Boom-sticks = lost them all in a horrible boating accident…
    6) Beans = Fair
    7) Butt-wipe = Excellent (before the SHTF), we did not go out and contribute to the situation, and frankly was kinda puzzled by the whole thing.

    God Bless all.

    CW Sends.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 11:23

      Excellent report! Yea, I found some holes in my preparations for sure. Of course, booze was not one of them either.

      Sorry to hear about that boating accident. Shame ;)

      Well enjoy the sunshine and be safe! We have been getting outside too but the mornings are still ~40 degrees. God Bless!

  7. HP April 17, 2020 at 11:53

    Im in NE OH.
    All the regular speed traps around town are now unmanned by LEO, though neighborhood patrols appear to have increased.

    TP, hand soap/sanitizer are still unavailable at the chain stores. One of my suppliers is offering bulk hand sanitizer for $150/gal.
    Food supplies are hit/miss depending on where you go/what you need, but mostly everything‘s available. Local foodbank still seeing record demand. I’ll be reaching out to a rancher I know to replenish our beef stocks- his stuff is way better than store bought.

    Been to Cabelas 4-5 times in last 4 weeks. They’re taking numbers for firearm purchases- line at the gun counter min 6 deep each time. Common caliber centerfire ammo continues to be unavailable. Still plenty of .22LR, shotgun shells.

    The measures taken at the big box stores more closely resemble cattle herding/slave training than practical “social distancing” protocol.

    Proud to read the reports of the lockdown protests in Columbus every day this week. I’d probably join em if I wasn’t working.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 12:04

      Getting beef from a rancher is for sure the way to go – it just tastes better. Yikes – $150/gallon for hand sanitizer is absurd!

      And these protests are only going to grow.

      Thank you for the report! God Bless and stay safe!

  8. johnyMac April 17, 2020 at 12:08

    Thank you for reaching out again Patriotman. So far, the reports have been great…Very thorough. Much of what I have read from the AP readership is what I am seeing in a very rural part of NE PA. As you know, I am net control for the nightly ERIN (Eastern Region Information Net) net each evening. 1800 hrs eastern on 40-meters and again at 1830 hrs on 80-meters. The SALUTE reports mirror what is being posted here.

    The only thing I have to add is the following,
     NY State is directly above my PA County. Masks are mandatory if you go into a store there, travel public transportation, etc. I do not know how they are enforcing this EO signed by Gov. Cuomo.
     We have only had three (That I know about) disturbances in our county. Our County Sheriffs with locals backing them up have nipped it in the bud quickly. All three were ruckuses caused by out-of-staters that came to the area to wait out the storm at their hunting cabins.
     Wednesday, I ventured out to visit a friend and went to the local ~8,000 sf grocery store that is privately owned. As others have already reported I saw similar outages and lite shelves. Usually the shoppers and store staff in this store are friendly and helpful, what you would expect in a rural business, but this trip people seemed stressed. Few smiles and “good-days” or “how has the fishing going with you this year”. Nope, people there were operating robotically and quickly. Two weeks ago, in the same store people where upbeat and friendly. I blame the MSM for scaring folks half to death. Our county only has 49-cases of the Kung Fu Virus and one death. The regular flu last year was 10+ times worse.
     Not to pick on New Jersey folks, who crossed the Delaware River to wait it out in their hunting camps however, the most heavily affected counties in PA are the county’s that butt up against the Delaware River where the other side of the river is New Jersey. Case in point, there are 29,441 positive cases in PA total and the seven county’s that border New Jersey makes up 17,126 cases or 58% of all positive cases in PA. If you add in the county’s next west of those seven counties’ we have 20,009 positive cases or 68%. I only bring this up because there is a lot of talk among the residents of those county’s of closing off ingress points (Bridges) in the fall when the virus will make its return.

    A bit long of a report but there you go Patriotman.

    73 & God Bless Brother

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 13:24

      An excellent report! Yes, my state brethren are dumb. I am not surprised to hear any of that. I guess I will have to delay my next visit to the redoubt until this passes :)

      For anyone reading this, JohnyMac runs nightly nets:

      I am net control for the nightly ERIN (Eastern Region Information Net) net each evening. 1800 hrs eastern on 40-meters and again at 1830 hrs on 80-meters.

      I highly recommend you jump on them!

  9. Alaska Paul April 17, 2020 at 13:53

    Was in Anacortes, WA with M’Lady working. The grocery stores there were decently stocked, except for disinfectants, isopropanol, toilet paper, and other paper products. Costco in Burlington was pretty much the same, with due attention paid to limiting customers, spacing, etc. Toilet paper was gone except for Marathon big rolls used for institutional and commercial places. We were stocked with the regular stuff, so we bought a box for reserve. Fred Meyer in Burlington (Kroeger store) was decently stocked except for the national usual.

    We traveled back to Alaska on April 4. Son reported decent stock, with toilet paper coming back. We are coming out of mandated quarantine at the end of the day today. People are behaving themselves. We are up in the mountains with acreage around. And having been bush rats for 20+ years in the past, we have a well stocked larder, and a freezer full of fish and moose. Unless you are an idiot, you are always prepared. We have had earthquakes, wildfires, volcanic eruptions with ashfalls, blizzards, avalanches. We prepare for it. A fact of life.

    My best advice is to not live in densely populated areas. They are giant petri dishes, as you can see by NYC, LA, etc. Megalopolises are not sustainable nor resilient when things go south. In our culdesac, everyone watches out for each other, has a larder, and are well armed. Some acreage makes good neighbors.

    Stay safe and aware out there.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 15:30

      Thanks for the report! Yeah rubbing alcohol and disinfectants are out everywhere. God Bless and stay safe!

    • johnyMac April 18, 2020 at 07:54

      Alaska Paul,
      isn’t it interesting that Progressives keep wanting us to live in cities and only use public transportation?

      Take care Brother!

  10. gamegetterII April 17, 2020 at 14:55

    NE Ohio
    Approx halfway between Cleveland and Akron.
    Ventured out earlier,as picked up my way smaller than usual paycheck,and deposited in bank.
    Hit the local WalMart,because there were a few things we wanted to pick up.
    Fresh produce – fully stocked
    Frozen foods – well stocked
    Meats / poultry/ seafood – fully stocked.
    Canned goods – well stocked
    Flour,sugar,rice,dried beans,pasta – well stocked
    Only thing unavailable was yeast.
    Bottled water – fully stocked
    Cleaning supplies – plenty of bleach,some Clorox wipes,some Lysol.
    TP – plenty – limit 2
    Paper towels,napkins – same as TP
    Veggie seeds – hit hard,but some available of most.
    Ammo – shotgun shells,.22LR in good supply.
    .223 and .308/7.62×51 scarce – but some available. ( WalMart and local gun shop)
    Gas is $1.39 -1.49 locally.

    Drove to friends property about an hour or so south/ southwest of here Easter Sun to take my sis target shooting.
    Very light traffic on I -71 mostly semi trucks that were hauling ass. Only saw 2 state highway patrol cars – they were talking to each other and ignoring the trucks and few cars blowing by at 80mph.
    Local PD guys tell me they aren’t pulling people over unless they’re being really stupid – they don’t want the Wuhan Wheeze either.

    Ohio will start allowing some businesses to reopen beginning 5/1 according to governor’s press conference yesterday.

    Those of us in the building trades who work inside people’s houses took a huge hit.
    Guys I talk to when getting materials say they have 70% or more loss in jobs.
    No one wants strangers in their house during this.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 15:32

      Wow you are lucky with such a stocked store! Beans and rice are gone from this area. As per your PD report, it is the same thing here. Ammo is also in short supply.

      Jealous of your gas prices as we are just at $2.00 or slightly below.

      Hope the work piece turns around! Lots of the same in my neck of the woods, and my restaurant friends are hit hard too. God Bless and stay safe!!

    • johnyMac April 18, 2020 at 08:45

      gamegetterII,
      small business and 1099 folks are going to get hurt the worse. After being in business for 40+ years including running a $160M division, I suggest when the work corral opens up again, starting with reduced prices. I use to look at sales in my 125-stores mid-day Wednesdays. If it looked like we were not going to meet the weeks sales goal, I would have all my stores drop prices on a short list of commodities like, 50:1 oil, company branded GPS units, fishing lures, etc – All high margin items. This always drove customers coming into my stores.

      Some times you have to give up a few dollars while priming the proverbial pump.

      Thanks for the great SITREP Brother!

  11. NorCal April 17, 2020 at 15:54

    NorCal Red County

    1 Supplies:
    Food shortages – haven’t seen chicken in the store for a month. Flour, yeast hard to come by. Limited canned selection. Beef, pork, fish still available. Local farm sales/CSA very very busy.
    Ammo – sold out at local stores I frequent (9, 40, 45, 380, 223/556, 12ga). Flatlanders (derogatory term for big-city Californians) seen coming into the foothills to buy ammo. Side note – rush on firearms purchases has the CA DOJ extending waiting period from 10 days to 30 days or longer. (Background checks are necessary for ammo purchases, illegal to ship to residence unless FFL.)
    Paper products – TP is limit 1 per customer if you can find it. Last 3 weeks I haven’t been able to find and purchase.

    2. Suprise Supplies:
    22LR still available

    3. Social unrest:
    None directly observed. Masks normal, even required in some grocery stores. Local homeless outreach has stepped up. Friends split on if social unrest will start soon.
    Have noted increase in petty theft/burlary (driven by tax refunds/stimulus checks?). California also adopted a $0 bail provision for all but the most heinous crimes, releasing even more criminals into our communities. Stay-at-home order enforcement varies by county. Governor announced plans for “re-opening” that look to extend closures. Also, state funds set aside to support illegals.
    Economics? Unsure at this time. Local “non-essential” stores are closed.

    Side note – professionally I work with manufacturers. Observed immense slow down globally for heavy industry (no surprise), while food/beverage and personal care are too busy to think. Pharma also busy. Building materials and some consumer products do not sound panicked. Observed a large uptick in white-collar professionals applying to an open position in my firm as I am responsible for hiring. Went from mostly college kids applying, to recently laid off 5-10 yr professionals. Resumes x2 normal pipeline.

    4 Public Services: as noted above, impact to FFL operations with background check delays (10 days -> 30 days). Otherwise none observed. Will be very interesting to see how tax revenues are impacted and wild-fire response is affected in the months to come as fire season begins.

    5. Pattern of life: decreased traffic in normal commuting sense, shift to work from home for many. Gyms/churches/restaurants closed. Increased traffic in the back-country on weekends in my AO as people recreate away from closed state/city parks and try to maintain distance.

    6. Northern California – outside Sacramento

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 18:30

      Wow, a fantastic report. This part caught my eye the most:

      Observed a large uptick in white-collar professionals applying to an open position in my firm as I am responsible for hiring. Went from mostly college kids applying, to recently laid off 5-10 yr professionals. Resumes x2 normal pipeline.

      It is interesting to hear that happen so quickly.

      You are echoing many with the observations on yeast and flour. My better half remarked that she was surprised that people were going for that, but I guess it is a desperation move in most people’s eyes.

      Thank you for such a thorough report! God Bless and stay safe!

  12. Mustang0268 April 17, 2020 at 17:28

    Central (Republic of Resistance) Valley, Khalifornistan

    • Ammo – its California, question answered, but specifically its difficult already, with the expected shortages of: .22, .380, 9mm, .40, .45 in pistol; .223 and .308 in rifle cartridges. Reloading supplies were short-shelved five (5) weeks ago, remains the same.

    • Paper products: Generally available, purchases are limited to one (1) per person.

    • In the land of bottled water, Khalifornia still seems short-shelved. The damn municipal water is fine, but…

    • Surprisingly Available Supplies: Not so much surprising, but the local (favorite) store has removed all bulk bins, customer-handled food products (e.g. fill your own coffee bag) and gone to prepared supplies of stuff that is supposed to be an adequate substitute, and is sometimes not.

    • Social Unrest: I do not “socialist media” but HUMINT suggest the Blue Meanies of Khalifornistan are all puffed up and flooding the electron-o-sphere more than usual. Otherwise, no street protests or the such. There is an upswing in domestic violence calls for law enforcement officers (LEO), see the following SIGINT section.

    • Economic impact: Beyond the “new normal”, two key groups arise in our area. First, seasonal farm labor is being terribly impacted, as farms slow down because of the lag between growing food and delivering food has been affected. Restaurants closed → reduced/no demand for food → no harvest needs → a huge percentage of undocumented labor without work, money and still in need of even more support. Second group is the homeless. Khalifornia leads the nation in the number of homeless. Locally, there are a lot more apparent homeless people on the streets, either do to food or shelter shortages/restrictions, or being turned away for CoViD scare issues.

    • Patterns of Life: Despite social distancing, yes we are seeing a bit more strengthening of localized social bonds. Nothing politically-driven, but more just folks taking a few more moments to check on each other, particularly the elderly, and so on.

    • HUMINT: Direct conversation with Nor Khal contact, a County official, who confirmed that there is “at least” discussions occurring regarding procedures and protocols in the event of a “..food distribution, or actual food shortage”.

    • SIGINT: Definite increase in LEO calls for domestic violence (DV). Traffic analysis suggests three factors/trends, as follows: a) DV calls increased since schools shut down, b) DV calls increase on weekends and two specific days of the month, and c) those two days appear to be when welfare checks are released. No confirmation on the validity of that assessment, but certainty on the increased DV calls.

    • HUMINT 2: Direct conversation with LEO confirmed the following: Increased DV calls, concern over released criminals as part of the Khalifornia “Catch and Release” program (aka Zero Bail Initiative), planning and discussions regarding food shortages.

    Mustang0268 sends

  13. Nik Hatzis April 17, 2020 at 17:46

    Southern New England 4/17

    Costco, MA in Avon, MA
    Pork products of any kind including sausage and bacon were out
    Whole chickens were out
    Fresh Fish (Salmon, Cod, Halibut) were out
    Beef and lamb is good

    Local Stores
    Pork products of any kind including sausage and bacon
    Eggs and dairy like Half and Half, whole milk, sour cream and butter are hit or miss.
    Dry goods like pasta and beans are out
    TP and Kitchen towels are OK…think this mania is gone
    Beef and lamb is good

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 18:32

      Interesting that beef and lamb are consistently available. I have added that to my notes.

      Thank you for the report, my NE brethren. Stay safe and God Bless!

  14. Brad Ford April 17, 2020 at 18:25

    My QTH is a remote county in Central Texas with 5k population.
    1. Paper goods in short supply. Other grocery items available though with limited quantities and selection. Local grocer informs that every day for past month has been like their busiest day of the year, the day before Thanksgiving. Initially, hundreds from the distant cities were making road trips and cleaning out small town groceries of basic supplies, but with cities instituting stay at home orders that has largely stopped now.
    Common ammo caliber supplies low to non-existent, more exotic calibers available. Local dealer cannot even get Glocks, unprecedented in his experience.
    2. Feed store supplies, ie dogfood, chicken feed, wheat and corn, etc. readily available. Fuel: gas, diesel, propane readily avaiable.
    3. No unrest. Local economy based on agriculture (hurting), tourism (non-existent), and hunting (expected to be non-existent unless things drastically change by fall). Traffic is significantly less than before virus, maybe 50%.
    4. No interruption of public services.
    5. Definite strengthening of local ties. Local allies staying in close contact via text and email. Handful of my clan members running weekly shooting drills, as always. I’m net control of our twice weekly area 2m simplex net. Checkins have doubled to 20 or so every session in the past month, we reach about 50 miles in every direction. In the past month I have instituted an AO net with neighbors (GMRS freq). Have been programming Q-chink handhelds for neighbors and absentee landowners with net freq, sheriff, volunteer fire dept, statewide fire interoperative freq., local 2m ham repeater (monitor only), and nearest NOAA station.

    • Patriotman April 17, 2020 at 18:37

      You are the second person to note the Glock shortage, which is nuts!

      I love that you are participating in Nets. AP contributor JohnyMac is net control for two nets on 40 meters and 80 meters every night for what we have coined as the “Eastern Regional Intelligence Network”, or ERIN. He posts the information on unchainedpreppers.com but he might chime in on the thread about it.

      Thanks for checking in brother. Stay safe and God Bless!

  15. Mustang0268 April 17, 2020 at 21:34

    Central Valley – Khaliforniastan

    Low to non-existant supplies:
    ⦁ CA DOJ ammunition purchasing requirements were tough to start with, but tougher now. Most pistol and rifle caliber ammunition in short supply, but still available in much smaller quantities.
    ⦁ Primary paper products (i.e. toilet paper, paper towels) remain available, but limited to one (1) item per customer.
    ⦁ Primary disinfection supplies: short shelved or worse, simply unavailable.
    ⦁ Primary cleaning supplies: short shelved, but signs of improving.
    Suprisingly Available Supplies
    ⦁ Nothing stands out
    Social Unrest
    ⦁ Nothing out of the ordinary
    Public Service Interruptions
    ⦁ See following HUMINT comment
    Pattern of life interuptions
    ⦁ More homeless visible, moving openly. Likely the result of parks closing, stores not dumping waste food, shelters being out of space and or food.
    ⦁ Chain stores shutting down low traffic stores, or shutting down stores for renovations (e.g. Starbucks).
    ⦁ At least three (3) chain stores not allowing people to bring in “outside” shopping bags.
    SIGINT
    ⦁ Clear increase in domestic violence calls. Traffic pattern analysis suggests increases may coincide with kids still at home, long and difficult grocery shopping, continued loss of employment.
    HUMINT
    ⦁ Personal communication with Nor Khal government employee, stating that “planning and preparations are under way in case of food distribution problems, and possible food shortage issues”.
    ⦁ Personal communication with LEO, stating “..concerns over food supply and unrest, along with summer time approaching (+100 degree weather) and the potential for brown outs as more people may be at home then work, taxing those systems”.
    Mustang0268 sends

  16. Patricia Henry April 18, 2020 at 07:41

    Rural SE AZ (too close to an international border ): At the local supermarkets & big chain stores, no: TP, Ramen Noodles, Flour, Bleach or any cleaning supplies like Ajax, etc… However, went to a restaurant supply (membership) in the nearest city yesterday and they had PALLETS of TP, paper towels, water. However, there was practically no one there shopping. 2 weeks ago, there was a line to get into the place. The only thing they were lacking was 50lb sacks of any type of dry beans. Luckily, we have a pinto bean plant within driving distance & they are stocked and lifted their purchase limit (surprising). Also, local meat packing plants have plenty of meat – get it in less than a week of ordering.
    . I too have noticed for weeks now: no cops on the interstate; if so, they’re not pulling people over. Less tractor trailers on the interstate – less refrigerated trailers from Cali heading east.
    I also noticed the unfriendly almost antagonistic attitude of Wally workers last week.
    There is one church in town open.
    No social unrest, most people friendly as usual. There’s no sickness here, so that helps things I’m sure.

  17. BadBrad April 18, 2020 at 10:33

    SW Missouri Ozarks, 0830, 18APR20

    1. Supplies not available.
    Paper products slowly coming back in stock at big box (Wally, Lowes, etc.) & smaller local stores.
    Pork and chicken in short supply. This despite large chicken farms and several Tyson large processing plants in the area.
    Flour, sugar, salt, spices, beans & rice all very short supply at regular stores. Unusual places better stock, see #2.
    Canned meat, beans, fruit – GONE!
    Canned veggies limited stock.
    Rest of shelves seem well stocked.
    Have not been looking for ammo, well stocked here! Local stores’ online inventory indicates shortages of common pistol & rifle calibers.
    Freezers of any type non existent. Called distributor in Springfield, Mo where we bought all appliances for house, huge warehouse. They had exactly 2 freezers, both 21 cu ft upright, manual defrost in the whole place. No time frame on restocking. We were good, were just going to increase storage for 4 family group, no dice tho.

    2. Surprisingly available.
    Lunchmeat, cheeses, seafood, fresh produce all seem well stocked and are being purchased in normal quantities (limited observations and talk with Owners of local grocery store in small town < 2,000).
    Building supplies of all types.
    Local cafe has converted to selling items in bulk he regularly got for use. Flour, pork, chicken, #10 cans of tomatoes & some veggies etc. all available in bulk quantities with no limits.
    Other restaurant in town doing take out only and report steady business allowing them to remain open vs. going belly up.
    Gas in $1.30-$1.40 range, plenty available. Diesel $1.99, red fuel $1.63 at local chain convenience store. Stocking up and keeping our tanks, cans, barrels full every week. Staying on our small cattle ranch, seeding hay fields, fertilizing, ATV patrolling perimeter, still feeding some hay all using fuels so we are staying caught up at low prices & good availability.
    Local Amish & Mennonite run stores always had plenty of bulk supplies in past and are still pretty good. Struggled at first with reduced deliveries but pretty much back to normal. Sure helps to have been a regular customer and known to owners. Some things are in the back room, having "not been stocked on shelves yet", but available for asking if you are known.
    3. Unrest.
    There are 0 reported cases in our county, very few in surrounding counties. Some small increase in DV calls but local LEO presence is minimal, I.e. normal for the rural area we are in.
    Neighbor reported seeing some trespassers in middle of night, called LEO to report. Increased our patrols but no recent repeat occurrences to date. Some may not like to hear this, but local Amish have been caught trespassing before and physical evidence suggests this time as well. Coon hunting, mushroom hunting, poaching, etc. Discussion with local community leaders put an end to it before, will repeat.

    4. Service interruptions.
    None of any note to date.
    UPS, USPS, Fed-Ex all normal.
    Trash pickup, power, all normal. Rest onsite so no issues there as long as power on.
    Backup generators tested and fueled.

    5. Interruptions in life patterns.
    Daughter in law works at local branch of regional bank. Split ee's into two teams. Each team works Saturday to Friday, deep clean of bank Friday night, then work at home via conference calls, internet, etc next week. Drive thru only. All so if someone gets sick, the whole bank is not exposed, theoretically only half (one of the teams) are at risk. Loan dept slammed, working 12 hour days, 6 or 7days a week.
    Son & sister in law work at local dairy. Had to dump milk once in last two weeks. Having trouble getting normal feed sources for cows. Normal spring push to get fields planted, keep equipment running, selling calves (prices really low recently).
    Brother in law works at large place making plastic stuff (e.g. shotshell wads, pill bottles, etc.) and they are very busy now after a short time of slowdown. Essential business and demand for some of products is outstripping their capability to produce. Some issues with raw material supply, but so far resolved.
    Wife & I are retired and staying on ranch as much as possible, catching up on items around the place. Fence mending, wildlife food plots, burning brush, sorting & identifying supplies.
    Rotating and using oldest food stocks. Only surprises far is one batch of white flour stored I vacuum packed Mylar bags & food grade buckets had some type of reaction and expanded to the point where the lids were blown open! Mylar bag still sealed, weird and can't figure that one out. Other flour stored about same time ok, thinking a bad bag of flour.
    6. AO.
    Rural county in missouri ozarks. Midway between Springfield and KC.

  18. rto-jerry April 20, 2020 at 09:12

    Northern Minnesota here. 4 miles out from population center of 10k retirement community. Road traffic in my AO picked up substantial on Friday seeing a lot of “slickers” on the roads this past weekend (increase of Landrovers, Mercedes, Escalades) no doubt reopening their cabins for upcoming May fishing opener. First time I have witnessed abundance of LEO patrolling since March 13 as well. State HP and County Sheriffs out and about. They have been non existent since the outbreak/lock down. Cruised the local fleet farm Saturday: no spring chickens, only a dozen baby ducks remained, the lots of chickens that come in weekly are snapped up immediately. We have another 12 (6 layers and 6 fryers) on back order due to arrive Tuesday. Orders are a 3 week turn around currently. She’s very hard to find top soil right now in my AO garden expansion is at a current stand still. I am still taking my normal weekend hikes 7-9 miles at my 80 hunting acreage it is surrounded by large tracks of fed and state land very rural. Traffic in that AO is very non existent. Saw my first for sale sign at a local family owned cafe a sign of things to come. I wish more folks would support the mom and pop establishments that are open instead of the corporate food chain garbage. Took a drive into town of 10k around dinner time Saturday and the drive thru areas were all busy. If you can swing it please boycott the corporate locations and try support the locals! We are making this move even if it cost a little more to do so.

  19. BluegrassScout April 21, 2020 at 18:01

    Urban AO Kentucky 4-21. Grocery inventory is patchy, without predictable patterns on availability (except TP and paper towels are almost never available). Random shortages include meat, orange juice, milk, eggs, bread, and pasta – except sometimes each of these isn’t short at all. Masks much more common here than 3-4 weeks ago. Mutters of unrest re social distancing, but generally people are compliant. The gorgeous spring weather helps. Most people here seem sort of oblivious about the economic pain that is coming. There is little actual sign of the virus. In the urban core, hospital parking lots are near empty, and downtown streets are deserted. Local civic and business leaders note that state/local government finances will be awful, and that the “non-traditional instruction” provided through the local public schools isn’t effective, giving rise to concerns about a “lost year” for students, in terms of actual learning. Garden tools and supplies and seeds are still widely available. Ammunition and guns were sold out hard about five weeks ago, especially at smaller stores. Larger stores that I have been to still has decent inventory (although notably reduced from typical levels) on combat pistols and carbines. Ammunition is scarcer but not full-out gone. If it doesn’t get worse, this isn’t too bad yet. But no one knows what may be coming.
    One factor to watch is widespread rent non-payment. How do people resume paying their bills when the world “turns back on”? That’s unclear. What happens to the rule of law when they don’t?

    • Patriotman April 24, 2020 at 11:31

      One factor to watch is widespread rent non-payment. How do people resume paying their bills when the world “turns back on”? That’s unclear. What happens to the rule of law when they don’t?

      Excellent question and report. Thanks and God Bless!

  20. Relic-13 April 21, 2020 at 21:38

    S.I N.Y. – Apr 21 – ALL meat products remain very limited. Beef is most available, pork and chicken much less so. Fresh produce readily available. Dairy remains limited with most stores having purchase limits on all dairy items. Frozen foods also of limited availability. Paper goods and all types of cleaning supplies remain extremely limited. Junk foods, pet products and hair products are plentiful while dental care, vitamins and otc meds remain in short supply.
    Smaller shops appear to be better supplied than the national chain supermarkets.
    2 gas stations nearby, 7-11/citgo no disruptions noted, “55” has shut off half its available pumps.
    Only 1 Chinese restaurant remains operational on the island, and that is only for walk in take out orders, they shut off their phone.
    Heirloom seeds are sold out or never arrived at the usual local sellers. Hybrid seeds are plentiful.

  21. Matt in Oklahoma April 22, 2020 at 16:19

    Buying means shopping these days. You can find X but if you want brand XYZ then your gonna have to hit multiple stores. I was able to shop in the limits and get enough cleaning supplies for the grandsons daycare. Dropped a box doing the knock and go.
    I’m a LEO but not a street one. I’m one you like to hate. Stuffs gotten way harder at work but doable. I don’t see a lot of street cops. The highway is 2 lanes of normal and 1 lane of the Wild West.
    CB traffic is dead. They are too tired to even talk smack anymore. Traffic is getting heavier recently.
    I’m not struggling for ammo or too much really because I live that life of preparedness. In fact I’m still ordering more things such as snares, medical gear, LTS food etc.
    Those gas masks are nice and I might get some extra filters but I’m stocked on that too.
    Buy it cheap stack it deep.
    On that fuel is cheap. Thinking bout a drum of it myself. I’m seriously looking at it. PRI-G it and it’ll last years.
    When I shop it’s for everyone that tells me they need. I dress down, keep watch for social distancing as well as bad guys. It’s tiring. Decon takes a while upon return. No outer UPS packaging goes in the house. I’m still stocked on gloves and N95-100s.
    The mask caused me an issue. I’ve been targeted for wearing a N95 shopping and “not giving it to medical workers on the frontline”.
    Let’s start with “you don’t know me or that I’m not in the frontline as well.” (I am)
    Let’s go with “my personal preparedness overrides your professional lackadaisical attitude of I’ll be taken care of cause I’m just that important.”
    It ended in “its right here and I’ve got more all you gotta do is reach for it.” Just made me hate people even more than I already do. It’s also possible it’s an OPSEC greyman failure on my part.
    The neighbors are good. I check on the good ones. The others are lucky things leveled off. Nuff said on that. A good one learned a hard lesson on not putting up chickens at night and not being able to replace them easily in a crisis. We had a good discussion on that. I’ve got snares out for the critter.
    This has seriously validated everything I’ve done since the 80s.
    Enjoyed reading other reports. Y’all stay safe.

  22. Eagle One April 23, 2020 at 17:33

    If you are looking for bulk supplies, check out Restaurant Depot. Most have opened to the general public due to lower demand from C19. They are normally only for licenses restaurant businesses. It’s Costco on steroids for those that don’t know. I hit up the local one last week, and they were well stocked on food with excellent prices. Not alot of organic selection, if that is your thing. For preppers looking to bulk store rice, beans, flour, sugar, etc. this is where you want to start. Also meat, diary, and produce were well stocked as well. Huge supply of Nitrile and Latex gloves. Stock it deep while you can.

    • Patriotman April 24, 2020 at 11:28

      Excellent suggestion Eagle One! Thanks and God Bless!

  23. Matt in Oklahoma April 26, 2020 at 08:04

    The Easter chicks never arrived at most places. Those that came in sold out quickly. Zero baby rabbits anywhere at least of the outdoor raising variety. Indoor rabbits are still to be had but that’s not me.
    Meat is going to get very hard to come by Till the end of May with processing plants shut down. Most of the cattlemen round here have excess and can’t sell because no one is buying. So if your thinking on a beef buy/butcher locally.
    Ammo Supplies just dropped off and priced spiked again with kalifornia buying it now with the new ruling.

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