02-27-2020, 12:32 PM
"Empty Shelves Hit Hawaii" https://www.khon2.com/local-news/worries...empty-out/
I witnessed it first hand. I went to Costco today and I don't think it has been that busy even at Christmas time. Not a single parking spot to be found. Everybody was driving around and around and around waiting for somebody to leave and when somebody was loading up the train would stop and everything would gridlock. Some people were just blatantly parking in illegal spots. There were regular cars in the EV spots. Inside the store, the costco guy was trying to bring out a replacement pallet of TP and people were grabbing off it as he was trying to maneuver it into place. But there was already a mostly-full pallet already sitting on the floor next to it. One guy was wearing a mask and frantically loading up his cart with TP. Most people were grabbing 3. Oddly enough the TP area had normal traffic about 20 minutes later.
They had most of the lanes open and the checkout lines were long, but most people weren't buying unusually large amounts of stuff (other than TP).
Our daughter on Oahu told us that some of the stores have sold out of TP and other things. She hasn't been to Costco.
I've been meaning to go to Costco for the last few weeks because most of our Costco "staples" were running out. I'm glad I went today because this weekend will probably be crazy now that the news is reporting the empty shelves.
ETA: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/27...panic-buy/ "He added that if there is an outbreak, the state has 166 air isolation rooms. Test kits for coronavirus won’t be available in Hawaii until mid-March."
Sweet! We have two more weeks before the virus gets here!! No reason to panic buy!
I witnessed it first hand. I went to Costco today and I don't think it has been that busy even at Christmas time. Not a single parking spot to be found. Everybody was driving around and around and around waiting for somebody to leave and when somebody was loading up the train would stop and everything would gridlock. Some people were just blatantly parking in illegal spots. There were regular cars in the EV spots. Inside the store, the costco guy was trying to bring out a replacement pallet of TP and people were grabbing off it as he was trying to maneuver it into place. But there was already a mostly-full pallet already sitting on the floor next to it. One guy was wearing a mask and frantically loading up his cart with TP. Most people were grabbing 3. Oddly enough the TP area had normal traffic about 20 minutes later.
They had most of the lanes open and the checkout lines were long, but most people weren't buying unusually large amounts of stuff (other than TP).
Our daughter on Oahu told us that some of the stores have sold out of TP and other things. She hasn't been to Costco.
I've been meaning to go to Costco for the last few weeks because most of our Costco "staples" were running out. I'm glad I went today because this weekend will probably be crazy now that the news is reporting the empty shelves.
ETA: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/02/27...panic-buy/ "He added that if there is an outbreak, the state has 166 air isolation rooms. Test kits for coronavirus won’t be available in Hawaii until mid-March."
Sweet! We have two more weeks before the virus gets here!! No reason to panic buy!