[Think free or die]

"On the morning of 9/11 I had no food in the house and next to no money. Going to the grocery store that afternoon was an experience I don't want to repeat. "

I remember that after staring at the TV for a couple of hours on 9/11, I went to the grocery store. I figured I couldn't stop whatever horrible attack was taking place, but I'd better have extra food in any case. In our community, the stores were totally quiet. The only people there were the checkout workers and me with my full shopping cart. It was surreal.

[hellinahandcart]

Oh, the stores in my neighborhood looked like they'd been looted. There wasn't a hell of a lot left on the shelves.

Strangest thing was that the ice cream was GONE. All of it. Every brand, every flavor. Ice cream was the last thing on my mind at the time. I was looking for things that wouldn't go bad if the power ran out.