That's what it's like in parts of Texas right now. If you want snacks, you may be sort of in luck. Other stuff, not so much. Canned foods, fresh foods, milk, bread - all are in short supply, assuming that any can be found at all. The same goes for water, power, and heat. Houston's like a third-world country.
Oh, and they're on boil-water orders, which has got to be hard to do, as many areas lack a way to do that. Presumably, a lot of folks are going to be relying upon government-provided bottled water, for now.
As of early Thursday, more than 450,000 homes and businesses across Texas remained without power, down from a peak of more than 4 million earlier in the week. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced plans to deploy more than 700,000 liters of bottled water, more than 60,000 blankets and industrial-sized generators to help power hospitals and other critical structures.
Harris County officials included a feature on their official website where residents can click through and see which major food stores are open.
Assuming, of course, that people can even get to the website.
Things have not been going well, thus far.
Glad I live in the Pacific Northwest, where we don't have such issues.
