Yes. And it should be considered fair warning as to what can be expected from these people when there is a disaster.
I can't remember when I read it here on FR, but I recall someone commenting that the government confiscated his grandparents' stored goods (Texas) in WW2 on the grounds that they were "hoarders". I can't comment as to the validity of that statement.
If anyone here wants to see a genuine historic example of how much the government will do (expropriate etc) in a crisis, you should watch the BBC eight part mini series called "Wartime Farm". I thought I knew how autocratic the UK government was in WW2. I didn't, not by a long shot.
That would have been Ruy Dias de Bivar.