Due to the BP oil spill and numerous natural disasters, plastic products such as poly tarps as well as other oil based product might be in high demand.
Several disasters across the world in 2010 as well as the BP oil spill have caused poly tarps to be in high demand. This shortage can affect areas that need them, and make clean up and emergency situations difficult. Many corporations and individuals could be left in need if more disasters hit.
Earthquakes across the globe like Afghanistan and Haiti as well as the BP oil spill has caused poly tarps to fly off the shelves, which leads to those living in high risk areas unable to obtain the poly tarps for emergency use. Tornado Alley and other areas with a high occurrence of flooding and weather related issues may find that getting a poly tarp is nearly impossible due to the increasing demand for them elsewhere.
This can make it hard for those that are displaced due to home loss usable to make their own temporary tarp shelters. This can cause a strain on local resources as well as increased stress to the residents due to the inability to provide for themselves. It can also cause displaced persons to have compilations from exposure, especially in areas where help is slow to respond.
Shortages are caused with the increased emergency needs that have been happening globally. Haiti is still using these for poly tarp shelter, and Louisiana still requires them to fix buildings and roofing needs to make the homes habitable. In the BP oil spill they are using them for many purposes, including clean up of wildlife on the shores to aid in capturing them.
Poly tarps are very useful in many situations, and with the increasing problems that have affected the world, it is causing a shortage. This places strains on communities for shelter and other building needs when they are affected by tornadoes or hurricanes and can make emergency situations difficult since they have to use resources in other ways to provide the function of these to the areas.