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Great Tip for Keeping Things Cold During Power Outage

MercysMom — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:54:11 GMT

If you have a top-loading washing machine, fill it with ice and pack your bottled water, etc. down in it.

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cherry — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:59:34 GMT

Thats a great tip

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hoosieroriginal — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:11:40 GMT

Cool idea (pun intended)!

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Deanie — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:30:39 GMT

People are so clever

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151949 — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:55:56 GMT

I live in Florida and even though we aren't there thru most of the storm season I do not keep very much in my freezer at a time. Just a few days worth of food at a time. We are retired and have time to go grocery shopping whenever we need to - no reason to have a ton of food frozen and much less to worry about in case of a power outage.

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ms traditional — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:41:53 GMT

another tip - from earthquake country - fill your bathtub with water - which comes in handy if the power to "flush" goes away through water or power disruption.

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jlkz — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:22:44 GMT

@ms traditional

@ms traditional wrote:
another tip - from earthquake country - fill your bathtub with water - which comes in handy if the power to "flush" goes away through water or power disruption.

We keep a huge filled water dispenser in every bathroom in the linencloset: it's ready if we don't get to fill the tub before the power goes out.

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jlkz — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:25:05 GMT

We also keep a large plastic water dispenser filled with water for drinking....we refill it frequently so it's always fresh.

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twinkies — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:27:11 GMT

If you hav gallon jugs of water or even small bottles , Put a few gallons in your freezer and freeze them , If your power goes out then these frozen gallons will help keep your frozen food cold , When they thaw you have nice cold water to drink and theis is great if you are in a warm climate.

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flickerbulb — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:31:17 GMT

Turn frig and freezer down to its coldest setting.