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Milk, eggs and other perishable foods in a hurricane

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September 01, 2019, 09:07 AM
lyman
Milk, eggs and other perishable foods in a hurricane
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Originally posted by jcsabolt2:
Actually, eggs don't need refrigeration. They are good for around 30 days unrefrigerated for raw farm eggs. Once they are "processed" for stores, maybe less, but will still last a few weeks.



this,


worked in Retail Grocery many many years,

ran a store in an area prone to power outages, mostly do to above ground power lines and an abundance of pines,,,


folks in that area would stock up on Frozen foods every hurricane and snow storm,

loose power,

eat about half of it and bitch that they lost the other half,

wash , rinse , repeat,, for every storm,,,,



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September 01, 2019, 10:59 AM
comet24
My grandmother lived in FL for over 40 years. She would fill 2 little bottles with water and freeze them in the freezer starting a few days before a storm was to hit. If you limit how much open it and stuff is already frozen you can go a few days without power.


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September 01, 2019, 12:03 PM
tatortodd
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Originally posted by trapper189:
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I have to agree with Egregore. I’ve been through 3 hurricanes (Rita, Ike, and Harvey) and grocery stores are stripped almost bare. The exception is the refrigerated and frozen vegan/vegetarian sections are well stocked.


Maybe that's Texas thing. It could also be that I didn't see it during Charley, Jeanne, Frances, Ivan, Katrina, Wilma, Matthew, Irma, and now Dorian because I don't go to the store right before the storm hits. Practice makes perfect.
I found the '17 Hurricane Harvey pic of the tofu and soy section of a Houston supermarket. A friend of a friend snapped the pic.




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