Hording During Emergencies

Ok, for real, we had an episode of hurricane force winds in the Greater Cincinnati area and it left a lot of people without power. I understand that there is a certain amount of panic involved and I can accept that to a certain extent. But a lot of people just go way too far. Why do people think they need to buy every single pack of size D batteries? Didn't you count how many you would actually need? Why not get what you need and leave some for the next guy? Wal-Mart is still going to be here tomorrow - if all your flashlights die at the same time, you can come back. Or did you really need to buy 6 cases of bottled water? I mean, 1 case is more than your drink in a week and we're only looking at 5 days max of power being out. Please people, get a grip!! Now, I do understand things get magnified when people are in groups - human group behavior is basic animal behavior. So when the guy next to you is buying up batteries or water or toilet paper or whatever, it is obviously something YOU need also. So you horde. And for the next 2 years you have a fine stockpile of whatever it was you couldn't live without for that moment in time. All I'm saying is try to keep your head about these things. We're blessed to live in a place where there is plenty of everything. You don't need all of it.