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Not really! We have a snow storm coming in tonight too but I don't think it's necessary to get a ton of extra stuff. We have food for the week.

Not really – I make sure LO has enough milk to last a couple of days and if we’re supposed to get a lot of snow over several days I’ll fill up, but other than that we have a pantry and could certainly make due for a few days if need be. I only fill my tank because I’d rather not be out pumping gas in a snowstorm; I’m not really worried about there being a true need to have a full tank of gas. We have 2 AWD vehicles and a hardwired whole house automatic generator, so getting out of our house and keeping warm inside of our house isn’t really an issue.

We are expected to get 7” of snow tonight and I have no plans to do anything about it. Such is life in New England!

So I grew up in Michigan, where bad weather is kind of a constant (so generally life just goes on). After moving to Georgia seven years ago, it's so funny to me that with the threat of any weather everyone runs out to buy milk, bread, and eggs! Those specific items. Everyone. Every time.

I mean, it definitely makes sense to prep here because there's little infrastructure to deal with bad weather, but is everyone making french toast for every meal or something??

I think it depends where you live! We lived 45 minutes from town for awhile growing up and had a generator and a propane tank and always had food for a month and tons of bottled water. We really did need it sometimes.

DH grew up in the true mountain wilderness and it was 2 hours anywhere. They regularly got snowed and iced in (not even a plow could get through), you would have to hike miles in waist high snow to get to a drive-able street. They truly would get snowed in for a week.

Now we live in a city where I can happily hike to a grocery across the street if necessary. Plus we have solar and generator backup.

We went to the store this weekend, but that was out of need not because of a pending storm! I did buy bottled water which we don't normally keep on hand, so I guess maybe that's a preparation?

My mom used to do this, but we lived out in the country and there was one storm where she wasn't prepared for food and lost power, and my dad had to make it to town for basics and a normal 10 minute drive took him over an hour. I think ever since that disaster she was too scared not to stock up pending a storm!

Nope. I grew up in IN and we never did everything. I laugh at how the grocery shelves get picked over now that I live in GA. I always have enough in my pantry to get by for a few days.

@peachykeen: They want to make French toast!

Not really, but I have lived in cities my whole adult life. It's rare that I wouldn't be able to get out and walk to the store for more than a day, and we always have at least a few days worth of food. We have never lost power during a storm. Is probably do a little more prep if I lived further from the store and had more of a chance of losing power.

We don't get many storms but when we do, I fill up my gas tank to be on the safe side. We typically have enough bottled water and food in our pantry to last a week or so.

Yes, we have a good emergency heat and water supply, cooking supplies, and a food stash in our house to keep us fed for several weeks and a food stash off site that will keep our entire immediate family fed for 6 months.

No, I don't stock up in preparation for a storm. I'm sure my answer would be different if I lived in a region where storms frequently caused issues, or if we were more isolated. I like to be prepared. We always have plenty of food, but that has more to do with me liking a fully stocked pantry for ingredient variety and convenience.

We do prep in some cases because we have extreme weather. Severe snowstorms and hurricanes.

No, never!