The Current State.

I live in a city and do not have a huge house, so I do not have the space for much of a back-up pantry, but I have lived in Minnesota and Florida in my lifetime, and the extremes of weather there taught me a bit about being prepared. I am THIS close to being  a hoarder, in that I see something on sale and think "That could come in handy when the Zombie Apocalypse hits", and therefore when I went to Kroger just before the weekend after a run, I grabbed a gallon of milk and a tomato, because that's what I needed. There's usually no one there before 4 p.m.,so I didn't anticipate the lines and the amount of people who apparently only buy paper goods as needed. What a mess! Shelves empty of almost all canned goods, breads, and paper items. It was enough to make ReGreta Thunberg cry all the paper and plastic being consumed!
  On a whim the next day I hit Trader Joe's, thinking I should back up my soup broth just in case, and assuming that the clientele there were a smarter and better informed bunch than those who patronize the local Kroger. Was I wrong! The shelves were empty and the lines were long. I DID manage to grab some broth at a different Kroger, and some coffee, because I am the only person who wants to be awake in a crisis, I guess.
  Thankfully, on Saturday night Target and Kroger were somewhat back to normal. The hordes were gone, as were the paper items, but normal grocery items and a few odds and ends were easy to come by, and the stores were actually more pleasant with fewer customers. The traffic was less insane this weekend and I haven't heard a siren in about 24 hours. I hate to be "that guy", but this is kind of nice.