I guess someone got the last loaf of bread or gallon of milk.

Standing joke in Georgia when snow is predicted. People run to the store and wipe the shelves out of bread and milk.

Quite literally, if someone mentions the S word on TV, every store in the state is stripped of milk and bread. Why? I have no clue, but it never fails.

In Pa they also buy milk and bread. Here in Ca when earthquakes strike, we buy soda and chips.

and refrigeration?

That makes absolutely no sense to me.......water might not be tasty when it's warm, but it's drinkable. Milk, not so much.

If you HAVE to have milk, why not buy some powdered or canned milk?

I've lived in the south all my life. My husband says it's so people can make sandwiches. Not us. As soon as I hear there's going to be an ice or snow storm I start making an enormous pot of vegetable beef soup and cornbread. To each his own.

down here in Houston the bottled water is the first thing emptied out (and they bring it in by the semi-load during hurricane season).

My screened porch has a nightly visit from an opposum!

I can put mine in the garage, but most homes here have carports which are open to the critters.

all you have to do is pack it in a box wrapped in enough blankets to prevent freezing.

what flies off the shelves are toilet paper, 20-lb. sacks of rice -- and Spam.

Just in case, but I didn't think about toilet paper. However, I buy it in bulk, so I have a full bulk package out in the garage so I'm set.

TV on in the background........news guy....."be prepared for massive power outages".....so all that milk is definitely gonna go bad! LOL!

Not leaving ANY food out for that ugly sucker!

eggs. It is an American custum to make French Toast during winter storms.

and the first thing that happens is we lose power. So how is anyone supposed to cook french toast?

I have a natural gas stove, so I can cook but most people here have never cooked on anything BUT electric.

I'm in Minnesota and there are few houses with electric heat. Houses here are mostly natural gas and propane in rural areas. Right now there is a shortage of propane.

We have lived in our house for almost 14 years and have probably been without power for a cumulative time of about five hours. We don't have any backup either. My brother in rural Minnesota has a generator and gave away a kerosene heater. I wish he gave it to me, but I still am not worried. The electrical lines in our area are all underground.

although, I have no doubt someone will burn down their house with a grill before this is over. Happens every time.

Part of the freak out is that this area has a history of weeks without power during an event like this. Although that hasn't happened in decades, the folks who lived through it always have tales to tell.

In March of 1993, we had a blizzard in Georgia - 13 inches of snow - and it took out so many trees it was weeks before they power companies could FIND the power lines. We had 28 trees on our house during that storm and the car was totaled by 2 trees as it sat in the driveway.

The power companies now spend a great deal of time trimming trees near power lines so that IF they get ice they will fall away from the lines.

My home, too, is in a buried line subdivision, but all the lines coming TO it are above ground so it doesn't do much good to be buried.

They sent out the National Guard to pick up Doctors, Nurses and hospital workers.

The mess went on for so long, they had to get fresh medical crews to the hospitals as they had exhausted Doctors and Nurses who had been on duty for a week straight.

the trees trimmed, sometimes to the point that if they should just cut them down. I live in the Twin Cities and there are areas that are sometimes without power for days and weeks, but those times only happen in the spring and summer because of high winds and sometimes a tornado.

If by below freezing you mean 28° or so, I'd have to say that if we got that warm, people would be walking around without a coat. In the spring, the first 40° day brings out the college girls sunbathing on the roofs. Before I get labeled a dirty old man, I will say the last time I was on or near a college campus to see this for
myself was when I was a horny college student.

They'll be fine for six months.
Buy coal and a coal pot.

When Sandy hit, I made hot instant coffee by placing the cup on top of the candle chimney. It only took a few minutes.

Meanwhile we bought beer, cookies, & hot chocolate.

We had bread and bought some lunch meat in a package because that will stay refrigerated in the garage.

boys. If we lose power we have plenty of granola bars or cereal.

We have the flashlights, phase 10 cards & poker set ready to go if we lose power.

regardless... Thanks Freshwest

others. Too chickenshit to indulge in good old fashioned fisticuffs.

When the shit hits the fan, folks will start-a-blastin'!

He probably thought they were going for the last box of Twinkies and snapped.

and wash it down with sweet tea.

Pudding is awesome.