Comments on: “Be prepared to shelter in place for 3-5 days” http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/02/04/be-prepared-to-shelter-in-place-for-3-5-days/ Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linoge http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/02/04/be-prepared-to-shelter-in-place-for-3-5-days/comment-page-1/#comment-41137 Linoge Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:51:31 +0000 http://standardmischief.com/blog/?p=881#comment-41137 One of the best suggestions I have seen regarding refrigerator owners in locations where this would work is to fill up milk jugs and 2L bottles with water, set them out in the back yard until they freeze, and then move them into the fridge and/or freezer. Keeps the temperature down, and it should offset the momentary opening of the door. That said, putting everything out in the yard in a plastic bag will work bloody well as well. As for us, we keep about two weeks' worth of food stored up, in addition to what we already have in common circulation. Biggest problem is water storage... One of the best suggestions I have seen regarding refrigerator owners in locations where this would work is to fill up milk jugs and 2L bottles with water, set them out in the back yard until they freeze, and then move them into the fridge and/or freezer. Keeps the temperature down, and it should offset the momentary opening of the door.

That said, putting everything out in the yard in a plastic bag will work bloody well as well.

As for us, we keep about two weeks’ worth of food stored up, in addition to what we already have in common circulation. Biggest problem is water storage…

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