Ian Shops For Water
In case she lost power from Hurricane Ian, Evelynn Passino stocked up on pasta and beans at Publix on Monday to cook with her gas burner. Passino, 37, from Winter Park, said, "I'm not super worried about anything other than losing electricity." You could say that's the main danger we face. In order to make myself more at ease, [I am] merely taking the measures I deem necessary.
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Customers emptied shelves of water bottles at a Publix and a Walmart in Casselberry on Monday as Hurricane Ian approached Florida. Even the toilet paper aisle was practically empty at the Publix in Casselberry. Customers at the Costco location in Altamonte Springs were seen stocking up on water bottles from what was rumoured to be the store's last pallet.
The Publix parking lot in Orlando's Baldwin Park area was unusually packed for a Monday around lunchtime, with drivers desperately seeking any available spots. Passino purchased her nonperishable food items from the Baldwin Park Publix and her battery-operated fans from Amazon.
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Passino stated, "[The Publix is] reasonably well stocked." It's not typical for a Publix to have some empty shelves, but the selection is still rather good overall. It's hectic, but not too bad. A spokesperson for Publix, Hannah Herring, said in an email that the company is working "diligently" to maintain store inventories.
Bread, water, batteries, and canned goods are just some of the commodities that consumers have been stocking up on, according to Herring. As long as it is feasible to do so, Publix will keep making product deliveries, as the safety of its employees, customers, and communities is always the company's top priority.
Most gas stations in Florida still had plenty of fuel to sell on Monday, another indicator that the state was hurricane-ready. Patrick De Haan, GasBuddy's head of petroleum analysis, tweeted out statistics showing that 97% of outlets in the state had fuel on Monday morning.
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The fuel shortage in Florida is "limited so far," he said.
Indeed, GasBuddy's data confirmed that the majority of Orlando area stations had fuel. Florida residents can report price gouging to the state if they experience it while stocking up on petrol, lumber, ice, and other necessities in advance of Hurricane Ian.
On Saturday, when all of Florida's counties declared a state of emergency, Attorney General Ashley Moody made the state's Price Gouging Hotline (866-9NO-SCAM) available statewide. As an alternative, you can use MyFloridaLegal.com to report violations.
As stated in a press release, during a state of emergency in Florida, "excessive increases" are prohibited for necessities such as food, water, hotel rooms, ice, gasoline, timber, equipment, and storm-related services. There is a minimum fine of $1,000 for each instance of price gouging and a maximum of $25,000 for several incidents in the same day.
In a press release, Moody urged citizens to "please watch Ian attentively" and "report cases of price gouging to my office" as they prepared for a possible hurricane strike. The Colonial Drive Home Depot, located east of Orlando, has seen a "big spike" in its tool rental department as customers prepare their houses for the storm by cutting down trees and other landscaping features.
Sky Schoenwald, 21, of Orlando, and her mother both purchased rechargeable batteries with plugs there. Aside from the occupants, their bearded dragon, leopard gecko, and goldfish all need electricity.
Schoenwald insisted her animals have "heaters, heat lamps, and bubblers."
Even though she wasn't "extra, extremely worried," she insisted that everyone get ready for the storm anyhow. Don't wait until it's too late, as what you want may be sold out, is, Schoenwald advised. The key is to always be ready.
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