Same thing here in Los Angeles: https://steempeak.com/life/@distantsignal/los-angeles-lock-down-wuhan-corona-virus-post

The stores get stocked up 2 to 3 times a day, especially in the early mornings, but it keeps getting cleaned out within hours. Even Whole Foods - pejoratively called Whole Paycheck here - was complete out of potatoes, bread and some veggies.

I do NOT understand people buying 100 rolls of TP. You can't eat it. You can't drink it. It's not medicine! Very irrational.