Snow in America

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 22 Jan 2016, 11:41

This article about the snowstorm that is forecast for north-east USA has some pictures neatly illustrating the fragility of our just-in-time food distribution system.

http://www.theguardian.com/weather/2016 ... ning-chaos

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 22 Jan 2016, 12:21

The fourth picture down shows a man assembling landfill components.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 22 Jan 2016, 13:29

I wonder what happened to last year's.

AutomaticEarth · Post by **AutomaticEarth** » 22 Jan 2016, 15:54

Sad to see so many shelves bare. In my view, you should have a stock of supplies even in good times.

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 22 Jan 2016, 18:15

biffvernon wrote: I wonder what happened to last year's.

They probably got chucked out over the summer because they were in the way and they're so cheap that you can buy another one next year! And the year after... and the ...