"Chemo" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:09:54 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>> They are doing electrical upgrades in my area and we were warned of a
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>> planned power outage from Tues. to Fri. from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
>> The
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>> outage began just before 9:00 a.m. on Wed. But something went wrong and
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>> they were unable to restore power until after midnight. My fridge was at
>> an
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>> unsafe temp. and most of what was in the freezer was clearly thawed or
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>> thawing.
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>> I did manage to save things like some condiments, unopened block cheese,
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>> butter, margarine (may have to toss later) a cured salami and the few
>> pieces
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>> of whole produce that I have. And a few other things in unopened
>> packages
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>> that felt cold to the touch. We will eat ASAP. But I did lose 3 big
>> black
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>> garbage bags full of food.
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>> People are telling me that the power company won't compensate me for the
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>> loss since it was a planned outage, however... I feel had they restored
>> the
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>> power by 6:00 p.m. like they had said, I may not have lost things or at
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>> least not lost as much as I did.
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>> Has anyone here had a similar situation? I don't think I could turn this
>> in
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>> on my home owners policy because I don't have receipts for most things.
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>> When we had that week long (or so) outage in NY, the military told us we
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>> could get our money back only if we had a receipt to prove it.
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>> So... Not only was I unable to cook a meal at all today, but I lost most
>> of
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>> what I had to boot! Now I am starving and cranky having eaten only
>> cereal,
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>> bean dip, chips and nuts all day. Thankfully I had not already purchased
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>> the ingredients for the Easter pie. I would be livid had I lost all of
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>> those expensive meats and cheeses.
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> 3 big black bags...good god, how did you get that much in the fridge! As
> for compensation, get a damned good attorney and sue the hell out of 'em.

The fridge and freezer were totally full. The bags were not full. There
was just a lot of heavy stuff like meat. Bags got too heavy to lift.