In regards to power outages, one could check with their source of electricity to see if there is a program where the customers can get their freezers/refrigerators "recharged." When we lived in the Panhandle, we were on an electric coop. In that area, if there were outages due to storms, it was nothing for the power to be out for more than a week. Our power company would send out small trucks with portable generators in them to get close to the freezer/refrigerator and plug those units into the generators until they were cooled back down.
Since our freezer was in an outside building with no heat or insulation, our freezer would usually last a week in winter with no problem. Oddly, we now own a generator for our RV but we live in it and don't have a regular home and freezer that needs to be "charged" during an outage. We just plug our RV into that and go right along with life.
Since our freezer was in an outside building with no heat or insulation, our freezer would usually last a week in winter with no problem. Oddly, we now own a generator for our RV but we live in it and don't have a regular home and freezer that needs to be "charged" during an outage. We just plug our RV into that and go right along with life.