They are doing electrical upgrades in my area and we were warned of a
planned power outage from Tues. to Fri. from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. The
outage began just before 9:00 a.m. on Wed. But something went wrong and
they were unable to restore power until after midnight. My fridge was at an
unsafe temp. and most of what was in the freezer was clearly thawed or
thawing.

I did manage to save things like some condiments, unopened block cheese,
butter, margarine (may have to toss later) a cured salami and the few pieces
of whole produce that I have. And a few other things in unopened packages
that felt cold to the touch. We will eat ASAP. But I did lose 3 big black
garbage bags full of food.

People are telling me that the power company won't compensate me for the
loss since it was a planned outage, however... I feel had they restored the
power by 6:00 p.m. like they had said, I may not have lost things or at
least not lost as much as I did.

Has anyone here had a similar situation? I don't think I could turn this in
on my home owners policy because I don't have receipts for most things.
When we had that week long (or so) outage in NY, the military told us we
could get our money back only if we had a receipt to prove it.

So... Not only was I unable to cook a meal at all today, but I lost most of
what I had to boot! Now I am starving and cranky having eaten only cereal,
bean dip, chips and nuts all day. Thankfully I had not already purchased
the ingredients for the Easter pie. I would be livid had I lost all of
those expensive meats and cheeses.