Last night’s collective raid on area grocery and hardware stores left shelves bare and patience worn thin. We’ve heard about hellishly long check-out lines, like at the Foggy Bottom Trader Joe’s, where the line actually looped twice through the entire store and out the door. We’ve heard about people losing their sense of perspective. We’ve heard about gridlocked parking lots. But it doesn’t really sink in just how bad of a pre-storm freak out Washingtonians has last night until you look at the photographic evidence.

By the way, we’re hearing that both the Petworth and U Street area Yes! Organic Markets haven’t seen the same sort of crowds and so still have plenty of milk and beer in stock. I might also suggest just going to your neighborhood bodega or convenience store first. Last night, I was able to buy milk, eggs, bacon, bread and ginger ale at a nearby 7-11 with no trouble at all.