BARFBLOG: Ice storm hits Manhattan: Keeping food safe 30 hours later - (barfblog)
December 12, 2007 – 9:58 pmThe novelty is wearing off.
As I noted yesterday, the Midwest U.S. was hit with an ice storm that started in Manhattan Monday evening. Our power went off Tuesday morning about 3 a.m. Sure, it was fun last night as we worked by candlelight till our batteries ran out, and had a friend and her dogs over for a sleepover by our gas fireplace (which keeps the primary rooms at a comfortable 62F), but awakening to darkness again was less fun.
Kansas State University is open and has full power this a.m., but a large chunk of central Manhattan is still without electricity.
USDA has a laundry list of food safety recommendations at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_121007_01/index.asp.
Here’s my experience, after 30 hours of no electricity.
The freezer is of no use, with an internal temperature of 51F, but that’s largely because I moved the valuable foods to a cooler outside.
The fridge is of some use, at […]
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=23179
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