What if your neighbors want to inventory and re-distribute all the food?

You live in a small neighborhood with 12–20 homes in a semi rural suburb . So let's say something happens, like a major power failure. 5–6 States, including yours, has gone dark.

Initially, no one will be worried because they will think that it will be one of those 2-4 hour outages, and then the lights will come back on. But after a few days, things people will realize that "this is serious". People will start gathering and exchanging info and speculation. Over the radio (AM…