They are closely related.

“This is why you can’t have nice things.”

Or?

“This is why you can’t know the truth about aliens and Area 51.”

Makes sense.

Hurricane hit the Texas Gulf Coast about two years back? Sounds right. I passed a gas station on my way to work, saw a tanker truck pull up, and I pulled in and filled up, little hybrid didn’t burn much, anyway.

Pandemic and Panic

It was less about prices and more about supply — and demand. Panic buying.

That was then.

Still, there were long lines, fights, and hotheaded responses in a number of situations, all because there was the threat that oil refineries would be closed. Some were. There wasn’t, as I recall shortage of gasoline, no, not enough fossil fuel wasn’t the problem. The challenge was the panicked public, buying and hoarding, sometimes, unnecessarily.

I suppose, if one were to drive a large-sized truck that burned through gas at an alarming rate, sure, that could be a motivation fill up, but seriously, lines?

Pandemic and Panic

Same for toilet paper and bottled water.

• Not my first rodeo