Just returned from shopping trip in south west town. Visitors planned for the week end were nervous about fuel suppied so did a small tour of some forecourts on the way.
1 closed, 1 partially open, 5 fully open, no queues, includes Sainsburys (2) Morrisons, Shell, Tescos.
It is a crisis largely created by the media on the back of a few very limited closures last week.
Panic buying was the outcome even including those who saw a queue and thought they should join it becasue in their simple minds - queue = shortage.
Conclusion - the public have endured, some genuinely inconvenienced, by reacting to events almost completely self inflicted. Perhaps we should all learn not to be so profoundly stupid!!
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