There are some reports of panic buying in the Hampton Roads area the day U.S. dockworkers went on strike, shutting down ports on the East and Gulf coasts.

As union members hit the picket lines and East Coast ports halt operations, people in Hampton Roads have started stockpiling goods, like toilet paper.

Shoppers swarmed to big-box stores and supermarkets in a frenzy of panic buying over the US ports strike — stampeding to stockpile essentials that, in many cases, aren’t affected by