Our garden did not do well this summer. Our freezer has more bottles and jugs of ice in it than it does food.
This is hurricane season. In my lifetime, I have been through 3 hurricanes and we lost electricity for a couple of days. Keeping the freezer full, not only saves electricity but in case we have a storm and lose power for a few days, the food will stay frozen if the freezer if it is not opened until the power is restored.
When we are expecting a lot of wind and a power outage, I transfer the frozen food in the freezer portion of my refrigerator to the larger freezer. I take jugs of ice from the large freezer and put them in the refrigerator freezer.
During the power outage, if needed, the jugs of ice can be used in coolers to keep our food fresh. Also, the jugs of ice come in handy to use in the cooler when we travel.
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North Carolina juts out into the ocean like a hook and can easily get hit by a hurricane. Looks like we need to get prepared for Hurricane Matthew, just in case. Hope it turns east and heads out into the ocean.
Well, Matthew is on it's way to N. C.. I've made my move and the freezer is packed with frozen food. I have bottles of ice in the refrigerator. I'm ready if the electricity to goes out.
We got 8 inches of rain, lots of wind and lost current for 25 hours. All is well and today is a beautiful day. Cleanup time now.
LG,
Do you remember Hazel? Our village sat on the highest point in a large radius. Still, all our unpaved roads were shallow, but very fast moving rivers!
I remember Hazel very well, October 15, 1954. I didn't know what a hurricane was but I found out.
We lived 15 miles from town at the end of the school bus route and were coming home on the school bus during the storm. Back then we didn't have TV nor did we get weather reports like we do today. There was not much warning as I know. When we got to the lumber yard, the roof of one of the buildings flew across the road in front of us and landed in the field. When we got home, my brother and I had a long way to run to get to the house.
I remember looking out the window and seeing the cows running all over the pasture dodging all the oak trees that were falling. I went from one window to the other watching the destruction. I have been afraid of the wind ever since. The winds were 125 MPH where we lived in Warren County.
Afterwards, playing in those big oak trees that were on the ground was a lot of fun. Some of the logs were there for years.
Hurricane Irma recently left a lot of devastation in Florida and this trick saved a lot of food in my house.
I'm glad to hear that you were able to save food and I hope the cleanup will not take forever. It's been such a terrible hurricane season. Hopefully, Maria will be the last one for this year. I'm so concerned about Puerto Rico and the other islands that were hit so hard.
We have had an eventful summer in the Pacific NW, with 100 days of no rain, 100+ temperatures for weeks, and a terrible Labor Day forest fire that rained ash down all across the area. The smoke was so bad that outdoor events and sports practices were canceled. I was so relieved when we started to get fall weather last week, despite needing to adjust the 40 degree temperature drop overnight. :)
Thanks Jess - our clean-up was not bad but some are still working their way to sheds and other buildings but we are resilient people and I will be glad for calmer weather and a cool spell.
Florence, a major hurricane is headed for North Carolina. I'm preparing for the electricity to be out for several days.
I would like to add another tip about the freezer. If you are leaving home, freeze a cup of water and place a penny on top of the ice. Leave it in the freezer where it will not turn over. When you return home, if the penny is at the bottom of the cup, your food will not be safe to eat.
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