ConSigCor
People will never stock up.
Those with gardens and farms assume they will eat off the land.
False! The others will start harvesting their crops before they are ripe. If they stop them the State Governors will declare an emergency and send troops to harvest them.
... Then they will come to your house to shop with a couple dozen friends.
I don't know about your city of 80,000. What you say may very well be true in your area; but not here.
Common, ordinary people in my area are stocking up. They're growing huge gardens, raising pigs, chickens and cows...some for the first time.
Back in April we had 5 tornadoes in one night. Much of my area was wiped out. Everyone crawled out and helped their neighbors. We didn't have a problem with looters. We had a problem with the sheriff who used the "threat of looting" as an excuse to implement martial law. The locals made it clear that the cops weren't needed or wanted. In my area everyone is well armed and we look out for each other. In a worst case scenario we would shoot those looters you describe and wouldn't think twice about it.
