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Vent: The power went out at the Piggly Wiggly in Gulfport for 6 hours and I watched a full cart of frozen food thaw on the sidewalk
Two summers ago I was shopping at the Piggly Wiggly on Highway 49 in Gulfport when a transformer blew around 2pm and the lights died mid-aisle. By 4pm the store staff were rolling overflowing carts of melted ice cream and thawed chicken out to the curb because their backup generator only ran the registers and a few lights, not the freezers. I stood there doing the math on my own setup at home and realized my chest freezer would be a swamp in about 48 hours if we ever lost grid power for real. That week I bought a 2000 watt inverter generator, a pair of 5 gallon gas cans, and a wireless thermometer so I can watch temps from inside the house. I also started keeping four cases of shelf stable milk and a big bag of instant rice in the closet, stuff that does not care if the power comes back. The part that still bugs me is how fast it went bad. Six hours, that was it, and half the store was garbage. How long do you all figure your frozen stash would actually last in a real grid down situation, and what are you running to keep it cold?
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rileynelson11d ago
Wow, I always figured frozen stuff would hold way longer than that.
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