Winding

On my way home I saw scenes that would make you think a CAT 5 hurricane was bearing down on our area, gas lines.  Repeatedly cars would be backed up into the roadway, participating in the panic buying of fuel, despite repeated assurances that it was not necessary.

The pandemic has brought out this side of human beings repeatedly where you saw people driving away with pickup beds full of toilet paper and hand sanitizer becoming as valuable as gold at one point.   It sadly takes very little to push many individuals into “trample the weak, hurdle the dead” mode where all consideration for others goes out the window and it becomes all about ME.  You may have seen some of the images of people putting gasoline into plastic storage bins and even plastic bags, although I can’t verify those pictures are from this latest panic.

The good news is the ransomware locked down pipeline has started moving again and is expected to be back to normal operation within a few days, hopefully putting an end to the panic mentality.  Of course it is only a matter of time until the next event triggers hysteria among the masses.  Being insulated from at least gas panic’s is one of the many benefits of Tesla ownership.