Send us Fan Mail A summer thunderstorm is rumbling outside, and I’m doing the last-minute stuff we all promise ourselves we’ll do “later” charging phone banks, checking the generator, buttoning up the chicken coops. Then I tell the story that really stings: a quick airport pickup turns into a 12-hour marathon of weather delays, and while I’m stuck on the road I get the alert that the power is out at home. By the time I walk back in, the fridge is gone, and yes, the Blue Bell vanilla ice cream...