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Originally Posted by flappist

The major reason why there is any problem at all it the incredible panc mentality.

No petrol.....quick, fill everything up including the lawn mower so all of a sudden the scheduled weekly fuel sales are quadrupled and they run out.
Petrol is bloody expensive to have sitting in a hole in the ground and it goes "off" ratger quickly, especially 98ron.

Bread & Milk, again panic buying of 10 loaves when you usually buy 1 will quickly deplete stocks as will grapping 20 litres of milk.
Such things have a very short shelf life and are delivered in regular loads so if you buy it all there will be none until the next scheduled drop and when the roads are cut in some directions it takes longer of will cost a lot more to get things here so waiting a day or two can save a lot of money.

Just reading through the various threads showing some of the panic and "end of the world" mentality shows why this happens.

I have lived through many floods, cyclones, fires, storms, power blackouts, droughts, fuel shortages, beer strikes etc. etc. as have many other people.

Just relax, be safe and do what you need to do.....it will all be over in a few days and we can eventually get back to normality.

Yes the deaths are tragic, but no more tragic that those killed in the bush fires or on the road or in that mine in NZ or anywhere else....

EXACTLY RIGHT.
good advice as usual flappist