alcohol sales are on the list of expected losses. so you know, chances are most people went and supplied themselves with that as well as the food they need during this bitter cold snap. back to you. neil: you can only imagine. laura, thank you. meanwhile natural gas prices are rising as the mercury drops. that s not surprising. what happens now and where the prices go is anyone s guess. let s go to phil flynn in chicago. last time we checked, it was minus 11 degrees outside. how is it there now? it s the only beautiful this looks like mars. i saw a couple green people walking a cross the river. it s cold. i don t think i experienced anything like it. i ll tell you, when you re from chicago, you get used to it but you don t get used to your heating bills when you open that bill this month. we ll see a substantial price spike. these types of temperatures mean you use a lot more energy to keep your house heater with natural gas or heating oil, you name it. that doesn t matter to a l