Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Many years ago we had some sort of electrical cord failure, and the electrician we called said to unplug it and cover the whole thing with quilts and blankets. If he couldn't get here in a few hours, to go get some dry ice and fill spaces with it, then recover with the quilts.
Never lost any of our meat we'd just put in there.
This really works. We do this when power is lost due to a hurricane or tropical storm. During power outages, we also use very large coolers and put blankets or towels inside the coolers on top of the food and my DH's insulin. We don't have to replace the ice so often. I also fill clean, used half gallon milk bottles and 20oz water bottles with water and keep them in the freezer we have in the garage. Then when the power goes out, I place them around the food in the fridge to help keep things cold. They also get used in the fish cooler when we go fishing so we don't have to make or buy ice. :)