With the possibility of needing to isolate ourselves if the virus spread, I decided to replenish our supply of toilet paper. We're homebodies and don't go to town often, living six miles from town and 17 miles from the Costco. Because we're relatively remote I try to keep us stocked up on essentials.
There seemed to be a good supply of the brand we buy so I loaded one of the large packages onto my cart. As I was leaving that area of the store I overheard an employee explaining to some customers that she had worked several years for the store. She pointed up at the metal shelving and said that she had never seen those shelves empty before. Based on that I decided to pick up a second package of the toilet paper.
So now we have a plentiful supply of rice, beans, and toilet paper. Life is good.
Now that I think of it, I guess I should replenish our gas and diesel supplies. I think I'm down to only ten gallons of each.
We finished stocking up a couple of weeks ago, but went to the grocery store for vegetables and fresh items. I noticed that the Clorox hand wipes were sold out, as well as almost all hand sanitizer products.
Walgreens has signs all over the store saying that they were out of masks and sanitizer until further notice.