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I'm in the US, no one cared about this until a few days ago. Now, some stores are getting low on food supplies, and people are posting about it. But, I was at a
by newtoday 7y ago
I'm in the US, no one cared about this until a few days ago. Now, some stores are getting low on food supplies, and people are posting about it. But, I was at a store today where they were completely stocked, and the only empty shelf was the toilet paper supply! It's insane.
- dboreham 7y agoSurely the hand sanitizer shelf was empty too?
- erikerikson 7y agoTofu was surprisingly empty here.
- newtoday 7y agoNot empty at all, maybe a shipment came in, though.
- pettycashstash2 7y agoWhat? I’m in New England tri state and started preparing 28 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22339369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22339369
- dboreham 7y agoParent presumably means no regular people. I had a similar experience: a month ago I suddenly realized we may need to be isolated at home for up to 2 months. I live in a place where that's actually fairly practical. Except our generator was broken. So I left work, drove to town immediately with the idea that I might be able to get the last generator as they sold out given that everyone else surely would be also buying a generator. Then over the next month I watched as Costco stacked a huge pile of generators near the entrance, eventually hand sanitizer sold out, flu medication, Isopropyl alcohol, and finally TP. I think you can still get a generator though.
- newtoday 7y agoWhat city, if I may ask?
- newtoday 7y agoThat's cause you're smart, and read hN!
- pettycashstash2 7y agoI’d argue the smart part :) Well read is a better scarlet letter. Fairfield county, CT
- inferiorhuman 7y agoI've commented elsewhere on this, but in the Bay Area I saw evidence of people panic buying as far back as March 2nd.