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hurricane prep
"graham" > wrote in message
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> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:58:01 -0600, "graham" > wrote:
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>>>"T" > wrote in message
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>>>> In article >, says...
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>>>>> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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>>>>> > It's time again to prepare for hurricanes with one storm in the
>>>>> > Atlantic
>>>>> > and one in the Pacific. More or less. Tis the season to start
>>>>> > packing
>>>>> > your freezer - with water in milk jugs etc. A freezer will hold temp
>>>>> > much
>>>>> > longer if it is full. Last year, I froze water in the lasagna pan.
>>>>> > It
>>>>> > was quite handy to hold an ice chest cool when all else failed.
>>>>> > Polly
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>>>>> Wouldn't it be worthwhile buying a small generator?
>>>>> Graham
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>>>> Well - the generator assumes fuel supplies will last. I've said when we
>>>> do purchase a property I'm putting in a 10kW natural gas fired
>>>> generator. That way you only have to worry as far as National Grid.
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>>>Assuming you are out of power for a few days, or even a couple of weeks,
>>>a
>>>small generator, used every few hours should be more than enough to keep
>>>the
>>>fridge and freezer ok, which is what most seem to be worried about. It
>>>would
>>>certainly save chasing around for dry ice like scores or 100s of others.
>>>Graham
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>> A small generator will use about 1 gallon of gas an hour... it costs
>> less to lose some food... and much of what folks keep in their fridge
>> really doesn't need to be refrigerated, and butter, eggs, cheese, etc.
>> can last a lot longer than the typical power outage. And if you don't
>> open your freezer food will remain frozen for 48+ hours. You won't
>> die from eating canned foods for a couple three days. When Hurrican e
>> Gloria hit Long Island everyone in my area was out of power fro over a
>> week, I was out 11 days, we all survived quite well without
>> generators... most of us had outdoor grills so everyone pooled their
>> food and we had a giant neighborhood cookout/cook-in, even the pets
>> helped eat all the food, no food I know of spoiled.
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> I suppose people survived quite well in the old days without a fridge or
> freezer. I was in my teens before my parents could afford to buy a small
> one.
Same with us.
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