Reply #10: And areas w/ ice storms that knock out electricity for an extended time [View All]

[rainbow4321]

Sis lives in Oklahoma. This past winter, like other Okies did before that huge ice storm hit a few months ago, she filled her fridge/freezer with stuff from a big shopping trip, expecting to be snowed/iced in for several days. No big deal, they do it all the time up there.
One problem. The weather people severely underestimated the ice storm which was so bad it paralyzed the state, had people in the dark for weeks (sis' area had no electricity for a week), grocery stores could not open cuz they had no electricity, even the ones that DID open, the iced over roads prevented new food stuff from being brought into the state.
All the food that people had gone and stocked up on in their freezers during those shopping trips? Rotted. They all had to try and list it on their insurance claims. Between what they all stocked up on and just the staple refrig food items, people lost hundreds of dollars in food alone.