Louisiana in the mix now

That's crazy because I'm just outside of BR and my Walmart has been out of masks for weeks. I bought some of that new MicroBan cleaner just last week. They still had plenty of Clorox wipes. Go to some of the outlying Walmarts or Dollar Generals if you still need stuff. I'd be willing to bet Baker is still full on cleaning supplies.

But yeah, for the most part I just got what I do for a hurricane. Maybe a little more cleaners. Otherwise, we all know the drill.

I've got a feeling that this mess isnt real but that wont stop our govenor from locking us down. So I've prepped anyway. Best of luck to you and yours!! We may have horrible health care but we have the best people!
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I will probably go to walmart at Cortana for cleaning supplies, I am sure they will still have some..

Best of luck to you too! Yes, our people are great, too bad we can't cook gumbo in the street to feed the hood if this goes down. The Cajun in me wants to do this. Oh well.

Well for starters, they can modify my mortgage to 2 percent, and lower my interest on my credit cards. LOL.

I clean homes for a living. I need a hazmat suit.

Email from our kids school in Nola

We have received notice of an unconfirmed but possible community exposure to the coronavirus not due to international travel. Out of an abundance of caution, and for the safety of our students, families, and staff, tomorrow and Friday (3/12 and 3/13) our school will be closed. We will communicate more details as soon as available.

Hogs for the cause cancelled till next year

Here in Hammond. nursing homes locked down.

Lots of neighbors in this thread! St. Tammany here. The Walmart is picked over but Dollar General and Big Lots looks good.

Now that we have at least one case here, this weekend is gonna be worse than Black Friday in the stores.

Dollar Tree still good for some things too. I went a few days ago and wiped out the shelf of emergnC packs.

Has anyone heard of another case in St Tammany?


Entergy in NOLA may put off disconnects for some customers
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19 cases now but I don’t see St Tammany listed anymore unless I’m missing it

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Statewide call network

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Angola Rodeo is cancelled.

We had a conference call about the situation this morning. I was told to start ordering all the stuff I had been picking up at home...LoL. Thankfully I had ordered a little extra yesterday. Today there was nothing available to order. Backstocked until April or later. We went all over trying to find stuff for office...it was unreal. Food is now getting hit hard...lots of holes and empty sections. Glad I don’t have to worry about that so much now. My problem is I keep thinking...just get a little more.

All Louisiana Schools K-12 shut down for a month.

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RE: Louisiana is shuttering K-12 schools across the state until April 13 and banning public gatherings of more than 250 people, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday, the most dramatic steps taken yet in the state to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.


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Sicilian afestival this weekend cancelled. Deferred water bill, deferred internet to students. The deferred bills will probably be expanded on later next week

The grocery I work at , Rouses, got hammered hard today. Hurricane x5

Wife is HR director for a big Health Club. Emergency meeting today about wtf to do. What classes to cancel, kid care, etc.

Thanks Loup!!
Stay safe!

I love the new Rouses in Ponchatoula and Hammond. Finally I can get the food I love once again without having to go all the way to Zupardo's in Metairie.

BTW, did you see they cancelled the Strawberry Fest, or rather postponed it?



Speaking of the Sicilian Heritage Festival, did you happen to look at their emblem??? Makes you go.... SAY WHAT?

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In an abundance of caution, the Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival has decided to cancel their weekend of events

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Image… WTF?

WTH?? Weird!! What kind of symbolism there? Nazi legs?? Lol. Yeah my wife said today the Strawberry Fest was still up in the air as what to do. I work at the Hammond Rouses. We have T-bones on sale for $5.97lb and center cut pork chops for $1.57 lb. you add those with this panic buying and we can’t get enough of anything cut. I dread tomorrow am. After I left today , a couple hours later my boss sent me a text with...
Madness! Madness

I just got home from Rouse's in Metairie. It was a madhouse, no water, no bread, and the cleaning supplies were all picked through, but my favorite Mint Oil was still there.

Great people watching, though. I saw one woman in line to check out, she was staring at her cart full of stuff and talking out loud. She said she didn't even eat the stuff she had picked up, and what was she thinking, and then she pulled half her stuff out and put it on the nearest display stand.

The cashier said that two workers had just quit.

All of the Emergen-C was gone.

All of the name brand toilet paper was gone, but the generic stuff was left sitting on the shelf all by itself.

No one was buying produce, no one was in the dairy aisle, and no one was in the liquor section.

Yeah, I’m not sure how many of the newer part time peeps will stick it out for long. They’re listening to news hits hinting sick pay, govt help, etc

This morning Dorignac's only had 2 cashiers working. The produce department was wrecked. I noticed something though, both Dorignac's and Rouse's had NO onions at all. Very odd.

One of the employees at Dorignac's told me there were three trucks waiting to be unloaded, but they were waiting for staff to show up.

Crap. I was so busy people-watching, I forgot to buy oatmeal.

First death in NOLA and we now have 77 cases

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A Loyola law school student has tested positive, and all his classmates have been notified to self-quarantine. One of those classmates is my co-worker. He is now working from home and the entire office is in an uproar.

sure would have been a pretty day for the festival

91 Cases, and two deaths- both deaths were people in Orleans parish in their mid to late 50's, shit is getting real real... I am 54.

It's in ten parishes, and the way we are social I expect it to be in EBR soon. If it isn't already.

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I suspect we will all be working from home soon. I guess I will taking out a small business loan to cover my bills. Something I never really expected to have to do.