Gazrok
A True Doomsday Prepper
I mentioned this in another thread or two, but basically, there is ONE easy thing we did, that really saved our bacon in the post Irma power outage from hell. This is not a second hand account, it's something I personally experienced. (and was a bit surprised at).
This works best if you have a separate freezer, but you can do it with one too.
BEFORE the storm hits and knocks out power, FREEZE all that bottled water you bought (in the single bottle sizes).
The moment the power goes out, take as many as you can out of the freezer, and stuff any remaining space in your fridge with them. Leave some in the freezer if you can, but the more you can have in there, the better (hence it's best if you freeze them in another freezer, then transport them).
Just have ONE fridge/freezer you try and keep cold.
Look, 4 days after the storm, no generator, etc., I had to take chicken out of the freezer to THAW so I could cook it! I always had cold soda handy too!
Trick is, you have to LIMIT how often you open it up too. Keep to just a few times a day. (and really great if you can keep feeding frozen water bottles to the fridge).
Thanks to this trick, even being out of power for 4 days, I didn't have to trash any groceries...and always had cold drinks and good food to cook. While I had PB&J and other survival stuff, never needed to USE it!
Hope this helps someone for the next storm. It sure helped a lot of my Facebook friends, I know as they thanked me each day without power!
This works best if you have a separate freezer, but you can do it with one too.
BEFORE the storm hits and knocks out power, FREEZE all that bottled water you bought (in the single bottle sizes).
The moment the power goes out, take as many as you can out of the freezer, and stuff any remaining space in your fridge with them. Leave some in the freezer if you can, but the more you can have in there, the better (hence it's best if you freeze them in another freezer, then transport them).
Just have ONE fridge/freezer you try and keep cold.
Look, 4 days after the storm, no generator, etc., I had to take chicken out of the freezer to THAW so I could cook it! I always had cold soda handy too!
Trick is, you have to LIMIT how often you open it up too. Keep to just a few times a day. (and really great if you can keep feeding frozen water bottles to the fridge).
Thanks to this trick, even being out of power for 4 days, I didn't have to trash any groceries...and always had cold drinks and good food to cook. While I had PB&J and other survival stuff, never needed to USE it!
Hope this helps someone for the next storm. It sure helped a lot of my Facebook friends, I know as they thanked me each day without power!