gosso920

Christmas shopping season comes early this year.

carbanara

NFL Stadiums have been known to be doubling as FEMA shelters. It makes sense to have the Food stores be also FEMA shelters. If you need to have a lot of impromptu bomb shelters, use the biggest structures in most cities.

deathcomesilent

One theory I haven't seen anyone mention:

Something like 40% of china's exported goods are produced directly for walmart (I can't remember where I read that statistic, so 'grain of salt' and all that).

If the US govt wanted to shut down china as a world power, they would maybe covertly destroy (think buy-out) as many of the US locations for walmart as possible. This (unfortunately?) leaves the US govt with a bunch of very expensive buildings. I'd wager that each and every one of those buildings is being used differently than the next. Storage, training facilities, and some genuinely empty.

I think we should be very nervous about all this. If there's one thing I've learned about these things; the government never has only one reason for making a move. The middle east has opium poppy, oil, an excuse to spend a several billion on military gear, and a tactical advantage for future wars (for example). I see two very plausible reasons for the govt to hold onto these buildings. If that number ever makes it as high a 3-4 reasons, I'd be ready for some big stuff.

TiagoTiago

Maybe there was a terrorist threat involving biological weapons or something of the sort, targeting that location, and they don't want the population to panic?

Drenki

I can confirm there are a metric shit ton of containers at my local Wal-Mart. I'd estimate between 40 and 50. About 20 stashed behind the building, the rest tucked away in a far part of the lot. Also, more LEOs than I have ever seen at that place - they may have been responding to a call. There were also watch vehicles stationed throughout the lot (unmarked vehicles sitting with their lights on, taking up more than one spot - in other words, not people just idling in their cars waiting to pick someone up).

Could be renovations for a new service. Number of law enforcement make it suspicious.

This is in the Southeastern U.S.

Drenki

Ok, I figured it out. This Super Wal-Mart is going to get a gas station. This could also explain the portion of the video discussing the repaved parking lot.

Visited 3 other wal-marts that I pass on a regular basis and there's nothing out of the ordinary.

/u/Pepper-theDoctor /u/rsa /u/deathcomesilent /u/carbanara

carbanara

Op delivered an update, this is unprecedented. Drenki is now to be known as, 'Drenki the Reliable'

Pepper-theDoctor

hahaha respect to you for investigating and solving this one.

Pepper-theDoctor

large population center? I worked at one ages ago and there was little to no storage - entirely dependent on just-in-time inventory management (computer at headquarters told them what to pack in the nightly trucks) and they only do full-box stocking (if they arent low enough to fit everything from the box onto the shelf, they wont put any of it out). They could just be anticipating supply chain issues in that area.

Also, if youre exaggerating and its more like a dozen (50 conex boxes would damn near fill their whole parking lot... thats basically 50 tractor trailers), they could just be prepping the store to become a super walmart or redoing the shelves/tile.

Drenki

I went back to count them. There are 30 in the parking lot for the store, all branded "Matson". There are 12 more in the adjecent parking lot. These are not up on tractor trailer hitches, these are standard cargo shipping containers.

Usually Walmart trucks have their logo on them. LEOs were gone when I returned. Probably just responding to a shoplifter or altercation.

Pepper-theDoctor

We had the same deal when we were doing the 24 hr/super switchover. Doubt it was 30 but it couldve been. They replaced every single tile in the store, shelf, display, electronic section, even the wooden photo center. All new carts too (rumor was a $500 pricetag per cart!). They replace everything in the store except the merchandise.

You wouldnt know from shopping there during the day except large sections of the store would have brighter white tile. Shelves might move around a bit too.

Drenki

This is a pretty new Super Wal-Mart (about 5 years old). There's no tile on the floor, it's all poured surfaces. It's already got the skylights and solar stuff on top.

rsa

A wal-mart near me started renovations recently.

New tiling and redone refrigerated food section.

Wallace was the author of the blue prints I saw the guys using.

Not to say I think there's anything really interesting happening.

yewbontheboat

I think this asteroid is going to hit us on Sept 24th.

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20TT5;orb=1;old=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad

AllDancingCrap

https://www.quora.com/Asteroid-Scares/What-is-the-chance-of-Asteroid-2012-TT5-hitting-earth-this-September-24-2015-Are-we-in-danger

That simulator estimates its closest approach at 0.0557 au = 5,177,638 mi; The moon is at approximately 238,900 mi. Maybe all of this is just preparation for unrest.