On Aug 26, 2011, at 00:27 , David Mann wrote: > On Aug 26, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> Never been in a real Hurricane before... just hoping we don't lose >> electricity here because my freezer is chock full of food (it was cheap >> chicken week at the super market :-) ) and I don't do "hot" well. > > The contents of the freezer should remain frozen for a few hours at least if > the power goes out. But I guess they wouldn't be repairing it until after > the hurricane has passed. It's actually good that you have so much in there > as it'll stay cold for longer. > > If it's out for too long you might be able to get some ice from wherever you > buy ice over there (we get it from petrol stations). Yes, I was desperate > enough to do that when our fridge died a few months back. But you'll need > enough space to squeeze it in. Be aware that there will be at least one > small hole in the bag so water will get everywhere as the ice melts.
If it's a chest freezer (top lid) as long as it's full and not opened more than a few times, the food should be good and frozen for a week. My parents had an old Coldspot they bought used in the early 1950s. The two times we experienced long outages (hurricanes in Massachusetts) we never had a problem, cooking quite a few meals on or in our gas Chambers range from the freezer. Mother explained to us that with a chest, little cold air escapes when you open the lid. Much of the food that was in the refridgerator with it's rather small freezing compartment, from where the cold air comes which is used to cool the bottom refridge area, had to be tossed after a day or two. Enjoyed two hurricanes in Mass, another when I was working at a camp in Lake Sebago, Maine. When it really started to get bad, the camp's owner asked the good swimmers to disassemble the 'U' shaped docks and bring them ashore. The wood was bolted to the steel tubing frames, which meant we had to bring the sections over near the shore one at a time after removing the locking clamps that held each to the other. Underwater. Quickly. It took six of us walking on the bottom and holding the sections up off the sand, about a yard at a time between surfacing to breathe, to get each to safety. By the time we got them all up near the beach so the wooden walkways were safe, the eye of the storm hit, and it was quiet for a bit. We all retired to the dining hall and were given as much "bug juice" (lemonade or grapeade) as we wanted for a reward. yay? Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
