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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2014-04-10 14:19, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> 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.
>
> You must have really poor insulation in your freezer. When there's
> ample warning of a cut, you should prepare by running the freezer on
> "superfreeze" for several hours before the cut, covering it with a
> duvet, etc, not opening its door at all.
>
> A year ago we had a three day power outage (with no warning). With no
> idea how long it would last , I covered the freezer and left the door
> shut until the power came back on 3 days later.. the entire contents of
> my fairly new, high-insulation freezer were still cold and hard. We lost
> nothing.
>
>

That may be because you have more brains that Julie. You knew enough
that the power was out and did not open the freezer. Julie was away of
the outage. I can stick a frozen chicken into the fridge to thaw and it
takes almost three days. Her freezer content thawed in only 15 hours.
Go figger.She probably stood there with the door open.