"barbie gee" > wrote in message
hcrg.pbz...
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> On Thu, 10 Apr 2014, Julie Bove wrote:
>
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>> "Chemo" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> around here when there's an outage, we go buy a bunch of bags of ice, and
> fill some coolers and keep our stuff in there.

I assumed that it would be about a 2 hour outage like normal. Nope.