Many hardware stores across the Lowcountry are running low on hurricane hardware. Some even sold out of items needed to get you ready for a possible strike by Hurricane Irma.
In a matter of 20 minutes, three people stopped by West Ashley Hardware to get a new propane tank.
“Usually we sell three, four, maybe five-gallon gas cans a month. Now we’re selling three to four in an hour. Everything that we get and put on the shelf is going,” store manager Claire Curtis said.
