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Old 08-31-2019, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by queasy27 View Post
Storms make me wonder about human nature. If people are concerned enough to run out and stock up on water and batteries, etc. a few days before a storm, why not just keep those things on hand? Buy emergency supplies or a generator when people aren't rampaging in the stores! It's not as if hurricane season is a surprise. Jeepers.

Keeping one's vehicle at least half full of gas isn't that burdensome, either.
You make more sense than the thousands of which you speak. It's the same up north when everybody rushes out to buy snow shovels, salt and the same food they rush out to buy here.
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