tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post115370517286842648..comments2024-01-08T16:36:56.482-08:00Comments on Everybody I Shot Is Dead: PowerlessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post-1153794046305231852006-07-24T19:20:00.000-07:002006-07-24T19:20:00.000-07:00I would be leery of anything more than 2 days old ...I would be leery of anything more than 2 days old myself. Can you take it all out, put it in boxes, rent a portable freezer and a huge grill, throw a barbecue somewhere there is power, charge for the food, then use the proceeds to restock when your power is on? Ha, in a perfect world I knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post-1153774358725559382006-07-24T13:52:00.000-07:002006-07-24T13:52:00.000-07:00It's wild, but after last year's hurricane debacle...It's wild, but after last year's hurricane debacles, there have been a LOT off folks locally adding hardwired backup generators to their homes. I'm not talking the little potrable Honda generators that look like lawnmower engines in a cage-- I mean the big hardcore units that look like A/C units and are hardwired into your main breaker panel and are fueled by natural gas direct from the curb. When the power trips, the generator powers on and you have enough juice to handle the necessities of life on the Gulf Coast (fridge, A/C, etc.)<BR/><BR/>I'm starting to laugh less and less at the folks who drop coin on such beasts.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>Baggiebretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895747782121932958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post-1153765328383943432006-07-24T11:22:00.000-07:002006-07-24T11:22:00.000-07:00No worries. I woke up this morning to a big puddl...No worries. I woke up this morning to a big puddle on the kitchen floor. Stuff melted. The food is all gone now and I continue to be powerless.<BR/><BR/>Thank God for my Starbucks that provides me with electricity, air conditioning and coffee.Chesher Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098262816107827242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post-1153754744734286722006-07-24T08:25:00.000-07:002006-07-24T08:25:00.000-07:00Either leave them both closed and hope that the po...Either leave them both closed and hope that the power comes on within the timeframe specified on that page that the food can survive, or move everything inside close together and put some ice or dry ice in there to keep everything cold if that's an option.Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03208426146271950172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post-1153712867087305122006-07-23T20:47:00.000-07:002006-07-23T20:47:00.000-07:00Thanks, Kirsten."Here are the USDA guidelines for ...Thanks, Kirsten.<BR/><BR/>"Here are the USDA guidelines for food safety after a power outage."<BR/><BR/>But what do I do during a power outage??Chesher Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098262816107827242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25261352.post-1153705503940693402006-07-23T18:45:00.000-07:002006-07-23T18:45:00.000-07:00First off, do NOT open either one unless you are d...First off, do NOT open either one unless you are doing it to put ice or dry ice in there! You lose a lot of the cold buy opening the door even briefly.<BR/><BR/>Here are the <A HREF="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Focus_On_Freezing/index.asp#16" REL="nofollow">USDA guidelines for food safety after a power outage</A>.Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03208426146271950172noreply@blogger.com