"Is everyone just feeling nervous thinking about the anticipated second wave this fall? And trying to get ahead of that?"
No, I wouldn't necessarily say nervous. Just trying to think practically. But I definitely want to get ahead of anything. We're about 30 minutes from any store, light traffic, so I tend to shop like a hoarder anyway. I don't like to go wander around the stores in the best of times, but the last few months have made me hate it.
I usually do online ordering for pick-up and have a lot of our regular buys on the Amazon monthly delivery. The availability of several things we get just stopped. Right before delivery, naturally. We are just now able to get some of it.
I picked up paper towels and t.p. at Lowe's for everyone when Walmart and the grocery stores stopped having any so we were okay. But we went through a lot of the paper products and cleaning products, hand soap, etc, because we have older neighbors who didn't want to go and the shelves were empty anyway. They also needed things like otc meds and protein drinks, some of which were scarce. Especially the protein.
I know I can't actually plan for every contingency, but if I can put by a few things that would help if something else should come up, I will feel more prepared. The water thing is just common sense and I realized I don't have enough put by. We're on a well and have had several short power outages this year and it just got me to thinking about what I could do if faced with something more long term.