aaaaaand now we have no power

[musette_sf]

...t'will be restored post-haste, PG&E are on the scene, but a bit unsettling in these already unsettled times.

We have a fridge full that we cannot afford to lose now. It was difficult enough getting the food in the first place.

CV and fire season blackouts are not going to go well together, when the time comes.

EDIT: Power is back, it was thankfully brief. But it helped us to remember that we need to be even more prepared than usual at this time.

[MontanaMama]

1. Hope it doesn't last.

If you lived here, you could take your food outside. Still cold enough...

[jls4561]

2. Where are you in SF?

[musette_sf]

4. HMB, looks like it's just my street.

The first thought I had when the power went out was, "Well, at least there won't be a sh!tload of traffic going to the coastside that will delay PG&E getting here."

(1) Parking at the beaches no longer allowed, and (2) it's raining, so they won't try to come out like they did last weekend.

[jls4561]

6. It's good that PG&E are there, just keep that freezer door closed.

[MineralMan]

7. They'll get the power restored before long, then.

We have a couple of outages like that every year where I am in St. Paul. Usually it's some moron who has hit a utility pole with a car. They're always fixed in a couple of hours.

Even P.G.&E. gets that stuff fixed pretty efficiently.

[empedocles]

3. Take coolers, some frozen things on top of perishables

[musette_sf]

5. We still have our frozen water bottles in the fridge

that we used for the fire season blackouts to store food in the coolers. The coolers are out of the garage (aka the temporary disinfection center) and ready to go in the kitchen.

[rainin]

8. I hope your power returns quickly!!

Spring storms are coming and the weather doesn't care about this virus. I've put food up (not much), but I'm really scared to lose it. It cost a lot of money and food is so hard to get already. I'm hoping we can get ice if our power goes out. We're always the last to restore because our lines only feed 6 houses. I'm thinking I will go twice a day to get fresh ice...morning and night...and hope I can save it.

[MLAA]

9. Good luck!

[UpInArms]

10. Something I learned about power outages

Freeze a container of water and put a coin on top of the ice ...

If the power fails, and the freezer cannot hold temperature, the ice will melt and the coin will drop toward the bottom of the container...

It will then allow you to know if your food has been spoiled ..

I realize that this doesn’t help right now for you ... but for next time

Hope your power gets back on soon.