Folks are preparing for the worst as The Beast From The East approaches.
Listen… okay… we know the weather is going to be bad.
Met Éireann has issued a status orange weather warning with snow and ice set to hit the east of the country in the coming days, and scattered snow showers are expected in Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Laois, Louth, Wicklow and Meath on Tuesday, leading to accumulations of 4 – 6 centimetres by Wednesday morning.
But some folk have taken to their local supermarkets and moved through it like a plague of locusts.
This isn’t the end of days, people.
This is a bit of snow.
This isn’t a real-life remake of disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow.
It is, quite literally, a bit of snow.
Despite that knowledge, people have taken to twitter upon discovering that their local stores are completely sold out of the basics like milk and bread, like those with nuclear bunkers decided today was the day to stock up.
All this ‘beast from the east’ snow warnings has us all going mad, not a single loaf of bread left in Lidl 😂 GAS #Snowmageddon #BeastFromTheEast pic.twitter.com/H9SrJbCdQU
— Sarah Sherlock (@sarahsherIock) February 26, 2018
Shelves are almost bare in Tesco and I haven’t seen a flake of snow yet 😂❄️ #busybodies
— Kate (@KateEHank) February 26, 2018
Tesco Rathfarnham 👍😂 pic.twitter.com/jADnIHExBn
— Pinky #PeoplePower (@cncpinky) February 26, 2018
Emptied Lidl’s wine aisle after witnessing eight snowflakes
— Ryan Burgess (@Ryan_DBurgess) February 26, 2018
It seems as though people are expecting the Apocalypse in Lidl #BeastFromTheEast pic.twitter.com/MJE1QzLMlF
— Jaz Keane (@jazkeane) February 26, 2018
Our Lidl shelves are bare of milk and bread. Reckon it's being diverted to the snow-hit South East which must be reaching zombie apocalypse levels of unthinkable disaster by now.
— Mrs McMagpie (@lapetitepie) February 26, 2018
Everyone, it’s not the apocalypse. No need to stock up until summer 🙈🤨 #BeastFromTheEast @lidl_ireland #ICameInForMilk #Jaysus pic.twitter.com/MowAeOTidC
— Brian O'Mahony (@BrianOM_7) February 26, 2018
People stocking up in Lidl like it's the apocalypse…
— Paul Anthony Shortt @pashortt.bsky.social (@PAShortt) February 26, 2018
Lidl, Ballycullen. pic.twitter.com/xV8IZdOQ0F
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 26, 2018
Lidl in Nutgrove was just bare shelves tonight. You'd wonder about city dwellers
— Joanne Ní Chróinín (@dudara) February 26, 2018
Always have bread in your freezer. Saves you looking like a panicked fool in Tesco the night before 3 inches of snow. pic.twitter.com/GqWWXouAj8
— Nobby (@nobbyoncars) February 26, 2018
Thank you to Sinead Whitty for the main image, sent in from Aldi in New Ross.
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