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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They’re talking about this but are we all likely to be affected? It sounds like it’s talking about roads getting blocked up but I live in a big town near two big cities, not exactly isolated. It doesn’t sound like it’s talking about supermarket shelves being empty.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Supermarkets rely on just in time deliveries. We learnt during COVID that even a slight delay can cause problems. Enough people then panic buy to snowball it.

It would take remarkably few road closures to leave towns isolated from supply chains. A 72 hour buffer is very useful in those cases. Even if it's just to relieve short term pressure on those supply chains when they reconnect.