On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:58:01 -0600, "graham" > wrote:

>
>"T" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > 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
>>> >
>>> Wouldn't it be worthwhile buying a small generator?
>>> Graham
>>
>> 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.
>>
>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
>

That works. The last hurricane we went through in costal Virginia, DH
hooked up our big generator to the house and we loaned our small one
to two neighbors. Each one would run it for 12 hours to keep their
freezers working. Neither one lost any food. When we moved we sold
it to one of them.
--
Susan N.

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