No one likes to remember the “fun” we had when Hurricane Ike surprised the nation and brought strong wind and rain to the nation’s midsection. We were lucky and were only out of power for a few days and all of our food was fine. Why? Because we followed this tip:
To keep food in your freezer cold during extended outages, keep your freezer full. If you don’t have enough food in it, fill with juice jugs full of water. Fill jug to with-in 2 inches of the top. Don’t fill it all the way up because when water freezes it expands. Place in freezer. Once frozen, put cap on. This will help your freezer run more efficiently and keep things cold when power goes out. It’s also handy to have ice on hand for keeping stuff cold in coolers.
If you’re not sure how long the power will be out, wrap your freezer in insulating blankets (aka comforters). This will also help keep your frozen foods frozen.
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