OldBaldGuy,
Sorry, I said that wrong. At the 6 hr. mark, I will begin thinking about emptying my freezer with my remaining ice and sorting out higher value stuff and transfering to my Igloo cooler, where I can keep things cold for 3 more days, even if I can't get anymore ice.
I would also figure out my menu for the next 24 hours, leaving those things in the fridge.
One of the links I read regarding the upstate NY power outages pointed out many people tried to ride out the outage with food in the fridge, only to lose their food and ruin their refridgerator. Since I just redid our kitchen appliances last year, I will be quicker to get them out of harms way, and not sacrifice them for a couple of gallons of milk and other lower value provisions that I would be uncomfortable keeping even if the power came back on the next day.
Tying this back to the original topic, I can't envision many scenarios where I would be anywhere near breaking into my longer term foods for at least a couple of very well fed days!
All this assumes I have shelter still in place etc. and I have the time to cook..