Surviving Hurricane Ike ... in Ohio?

[Kitsa]

Yes, and it's an all-out battle at gas stations and grocery stores for bags of ice. It's insane.

When we were without power, we fought tooth and nail for 3 bags of ice at a rural gas station. It kept our food safe for one day, then we gave up. We figured - we're fat, we'll live till the power comes back on. Although it was a bitch that I'd just restocked the freezer from my once-every-six-months interntional foodshopping trip.