Even here in rural ny, 4.5hrs from NYC, certain things wiped out from the stores.
DW and my older DDs laughed at me yrs ago when I started semi prepping. Several yrs ago we just lost power for a few days, been prepared ever since. (short term but but better than nothing) . Actually I've 'semi prepared' since 2000 when they thought everything was going to crash.
They said "Why" and laughed...you never know... natural disaster, man made disaster, scary emp that destroys our electric grid, never know, better to be prepared before not try after. They thought I was nuts but we are good right now.
Told DW the city people will come up here and clean us out, millions of them they have to go somewhere. She said nah they ain't going to come this far..
Last Fri , we usually shop on the weekends, she decided to go to town NOW, closest grocery store small town, wow, of course tp gone, any rice gone, all flour gone (didn't even know people still knew what to do with that), most canned food gone, bread gone, still lots there so not a wasted trip. One thing she did notice, the crowd, and all the NYC accents, strange people not locals, and the NJ license plates in the parking lot..
"Told you this would happen, imagine if this was a major disaster"...
One thing I never thought of or bought, is tp, good thing I like to save $ and usually get big packs so we still have a 12pk, hopefully the freaks are stocked up now.