food storage

When the power first went out my first reacton wasnt OH THE FOOD!
i truly was thinking about the power sources to my electronics and how to work
but once that was addressed and i was plugging along with my day with everything charging i started to think about the food
and there was no real indication as to when the power would come back on

and then we figured out where the damage was... tall old tress had come down in the older part of town and a neighbor posted at 6pm that night that the power company had finally arrived to inspect the damage

thats when i started googling - how long does food last in the freezer...  it said 24 hours and if full closer to 48...  well for once in my life i had a freezer that was full but not sure it was 48 hours full
i could hope - surely the power would be back on in 48 hours

NOPE as I went to bed on Monday the ETA for power was midnight on Wednesday
well one of the nice things about the triathlon community - people offer assistance all the time
and by the time i woke up on Tuesday I had multiple offers for freezer space...  and off i went at 730AM with 2 coolers of food (they were smaller coolers) to a friend's house... she lived realtively closer than some of the others and her freezer was outside in a detached garage...  she cleared a shelf for me and wiped the freezer down before i got there...  good stuff!

and thankfully the power was back on by that night and i was able to retrieve the food on Wednesday
everything survived

it made for an interesting week 5