Power outages are supposed to be quite common and widespread this summer. (My power is out now).
All that meat you so diligently stocked up will spoil in your freezer within 2 days without power.
Power outages combined with food shortages means meat and other food that spoils will be thrown out by the tons creating even more demand for food in short supply.
Get a generator. I suggest one that can be charged with solar panels.
You don’t need to run the generator constantly. Pretend you are in vacation in Mexico. Run the generator a few hours per day, one or two hours in the morning and one or two hours in the evening. That will keep the meat frozen. You can make 5 gals of gas’s last a couple of weeks.
thanks great tip
I personally had to do that when Edison shut off our power in SoCal due to possible fires.
Yes that works also. We did that after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake for 3 nights. Everyone cleaned out their freezer. Power was restored by the 4th night.
We bought a generator after a hurricane in the summer. We lost everything in the frig and freezer. We hooked it up to only the frig/freezer, the well pump and a few outlets. We have never turned it on. Our electric was out for about 2 weeks after an ice storm. Our biggest problem was drinking water. Food was fine. I build a camp fire and melted ice and strained it for use in toilets. My kids thought it was great fun. I learned that you can wash and rinse your body and hair in 3 quarts of water.
Not my hair. It take about 3 mins in the shower just to get it wet. And thats with out a flow restricter
Lucky you. I wish I had that problem!
Cant decide if I want solar or gas. Solar great to be completely self sufficient and not rely on getting fuel, but if the sun is gone for days (think winter snowstorm) then it won’t do me much good.
Sorry to hear. Hope you get through.
Dude right - diesel is conveniently SIX DOLLARS a gallon in the Philly area right now. It's insane.