Re: Panic buying
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 12:38 pm
Ry Manchu wrote:On Wednesday, driving home from work, there were lines at every gas station. On Thursday, driving home from work, most of the gas stations were out of gas. It didn't help that the Governor declared a state of emergency. Only three cities in Florida get their gas from the Colonial pipeline, Panama City, Fort Walton Beach and Tallahassee. That's some good thinking skills to panic 21 million people, because 200,000 are going to have trouble getting gas.
The people who are panicking were going to panic regardless. MD is not under state of emergency and people are lining up at the pumps just the same.
What your governor is doing is just being proactive and making sure there are readily available resources and funding in case of need (SOE frees up access to emergency resources).
He's not the one causing the panic, people are just dumb.
