[Riley]

We buy groceries ahead anyway, and a few days stuck at home isn’t a big deal. Does the same thing happen out East?

Pretty much. Carts full of bread, milk, eggs and TP. Sometimes HUGE amounts of one or more of the four.

If you are actually there doing your normal non storm-panic-driven shopping, it's somewhere between amusing and annoying.

[redgolum]

I was at Walmart last night doing some after holiday grocery and other shopping. Just trying to get some yogurt and water filters that we didn't have after Christmas.

It was PACKED. We are expecting -25 F over the weekend, and people want to get their shopping done so they don't have to go outside.

It was NUTS!

As for running out of food. I grew up in the country, so I can't honestly picture that. We have two chest freezers, filled with meat and veggies. Not to mention the canned carrots and red sauce. We may run out of milk, but I have never ran out of food. The closest I have ever gotten was in college where we ended up eating Chef Boradi (sp) for a few days because we ran out of money.

But in the city, I can see it being an issue. My sister lives in Chicago, and they don't have the room for the type of food storage that we do.