Hoss, I just asking but what does the SOE have to do with some band of idiots sending out emails and posts on FB that their is a run on gas? The only thing I would blame them for in this instance is there lack of response and I don't know whether they responded yet or not.
The same thing happen here in the GA about 5 years ago and regardless of what the Governor in GA said, people was still panicking.... Yuh cyar stop stupidity but I understand that people eh taking no chances.
Lack of planning... think of the disruption to the lives of ordinary citizens and try to account for the unexpected. Did they make any consideration as to how the curfew (forcing more people onto the roads with less hours in the day) would affect traffic? Did they factor in the impact on emergency services in critical regions like the E-W corridoor because of traffic? Is there contingency planning for emergencies... individual emergencies forcing people onto the roads after curfew w/o a permit? National emergencies... God-forbid, resulting in mass evacuations?
Did they consider the possibility that delivery of essentials, such as gas, would be affected? These are all things that should be considered before declaration of a SoE (in my mind at least), think of how the lives of the avg. citizen will be disrupted, and try to minimize the disruption, or have contingency plans for delivery of essential services (just to reiterate what I started with)... that's what this has to do with the SoE... the rumors resulted in a disruption of services, so had there been a plan to account for such disruptions (regardless the cause, legitimate disruption or just rumors causing it), they could invoke the contingency to keep things running smooth.
It late and I kinda tired from the Ciroc in mih system... but hope that makes sense.
