The cold snap has left many on the islands that dot the Chesapeake Bay a bit stranded.
Tangier Island has been iced in with the low temperatures.
And, the Accomack County Board of Supervisors has sent a letter to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources complaining that the agency did not send an ice-breaking ship to the island.
Supervisor Wanda Thornton called this an emergency situation.
A spokesman for the state agency told the Salisbury Daily Times that DNR was ready to send supplies by boat if it is needed.
Meanwhile, life on Smith Island in the Tangier Sound came to a halt.
The cold temperatures saw shops shut their doors and the elementary school close.
The J. Millard Tawes buoy tender broke ice earlier this week which allowed some supplies to get through to the island.
It broke up ice around the Crisfield harbor on Wednesday.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said it expected to break up more ice today.
