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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by lazyasciiart on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:48PM (#34140509)
> the drifts of snow have rendered their wood stockpile inaccessible

It mentions a family running out of baby formula. Baby formula is in short supply around the country and also very expensive - many stores won’t allow you to buy more than one or two cans at once and if you’re buying it with WIC funds then you can’t afford more than a month at a time anyway.

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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by kwhitefoot on Thursday December 29, 2022 @04:15PM (#34178044)
> can’t afford more than a month at a time anyway. A month's worth would easily see them over the current weather problem.
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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by kwhitefoot on Friday December 30, 2022 @01:20PM (#34188010)
Tangentially related: why does the US have such a problem with supplies of formula milk?
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Re:Thousands trapped on Pine Ridge burn clothes for warmth i... by lazyasciiart on Saturday December 31, 2022 @11:13PM (#34203527)
A major supplier recall on top of all the pandemic related logistics issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_infant_form...
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