I've heard people are now panic buying walking shoes......
Damien's spot on and the media constantly banging on about panic buying is only going to cause more panic buying. But then, that gives them a nice juicy story to report on. Same thing happened during the riots, endless repeats of the same scenes of a few fires, break-ins etc. giving the impression the whole UK was under siege. Two things need to happen in situations like this a) the media needs to act more responsibly and b) people need to think for themselves and use some common sense.