At long last! Food shortages expected...

fc123

amcluesent wrote: »

Well, I've panic bought this morning! A case of Malbec and some Johnny Walker Black Label - it would be unthinkable to be without...;)

Me too.....enough salad to last until next Thursday...if no more flown in from Italy, then it's swede and whatever else we grow here from then on.....it's like going back to the 1970's and all I have growing is a bit if Thyme, Oregano and Basil. Some Rocket I planted last year may be coming up again but I get it mixed up with a cliff top weed that grows here too. Was too scared to pick it last year as I wasn't sure what was weed and what was rocket.

Seriously, can anyone say when things will be ''back to norma''l?. My fabric comes in by boat and lorry so no worried there but I do need to get my export orders delivered (so I can be paid) and, in fashion, it's all done by air freight.

Davesnave

I suppose it's just a coincidence that there hasn't been a cloud in the sky for about three days now, where I am:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8309629.stm

Yeah, must be.

lostinrates

I'm having a very big arty next weekend, have to say I'm a bit panicked, not about food supplies in general, but that things will have sold out for my planned menu...planned aaround various eating restrictions of guests.

edit: not really wrioied about food, we're coming into our own most abundant season, its not like we''l go hungry if it didn't life for months, just seasonal home grown.

My main worry for next weekend is avocados!

tiff

I suppose some schools will be short staffed this week due to teachers stranded abroad.

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

My main worry for next weekend is avocados!

Lidl still has loads, but instead of 29p they are now 59p

Can anyone answer me why panic buying always seems to involve toilet paper? Does the world run on loo roll?

Puddleglum

tiff wrote: »

I suppose some schools will be short staffed this week due to teachers stranded abroad.

A friend of mine who works as a supply teacher says that the agencies are expecting a high demand as a result of stranded teachers. Practically unheard of at the start of term!

vivatifosi

Puddleglum wrote: »

A friend of mine who works as a supply teacher says that the agencies are expecting a high demand as a result of stranded teachers. Practically unheard of at the start of term!

The people who I feel sorriest for are those short-haul air crew who kissed their kids goodbye before they left for work on Thursday morning and haven't been home yet. The effect on passengers is dreadful, the effect on airlines is horrible, but imagine not being able to get home for your kids, that must be terrible.

tiff

Its not only airline crew who cant get home to their kids, but I'm sure they will cope. There are many sick and disabled people stranded abroad who have to rely on others for help. It cant be easy for them.

amcluesent

Volcano chaos could continue for months

"The grounding of all flights has already cost the British economy at least £920 million, with losses set to rise at the rate of £230m for every day of further disruption. The airline industry alone will have lost an estimated £520 million by the end of today, with losses of £130m for every day of disruption."

I know one chap, went skiing in Canada for Easter and broke his collar bone. He's been stuck in a hotel out there, in pain, can't get home...

I predict a riot!:dance:

vivatifosi

tiff wrote: »

Its not only airline crew who cant get home to their kids, but I'm sure they will cope. There are many sick and disabled people stranded abroad who have to rely on others for help. It cant be easy for them.

I agree. I just think it must be horrible to leave for work in the morning and not get home again. Re the sick and disabled, I was once one of 140 stranded British pax in Greece. As a group, it was very democratic, we all agreed to give up our seats so that first the people who were ill (we had one who'd run out of heart meds for example) could get home, then those with children. As they left, they left their drachmas in the central fund to buy the rest of us food. They also left their mats and lilos for us to sleep on as the floors were hard. It's a horrible situation to be in and wish everyone luck in getting home. I know that we have "rights" but sometimes you can't access them until you get back and in the meantime its very easy to run out of money.