General Road and Highway Discussion

[ijmorlan]

My thoughts on tonight were that society is starting to fall apart. This covid-19 is going to bring out the worst of people and may make Mad Max seem like a church picnic.

There's tons of good happening out there too.  (Just like always).  If anything I'd argue it brings out the best in more people than it brings out the worst.

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So of course that's going to mess up store inventories!  Add in some supply change disruptions, and it's just a massive logistical problem that's going to take time to settle out.  There's no great evil hoarding happening.  People are generally pretty reasonable and we're living through crazy times.

Anyway, a bit of a tangential rant, but the "mad max" type comments always bring out my "People aren't nearly as bad as they're made out to be" rants.

This is my impression too. I think we’re a long way from anything falling apart.

Now if the water or electricity cuts out and stays out, that is a different matter. But I’m pretty sure those are classified as essential and those workers will be continuing their maintenance activities so they should be OK.