| Ken S. Tucker 2005-06-16, 2:35 pm |
| Don wrote:
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> "Ken S. Tucker"> wrote
>
> Well, since the 1st of June we have been in hurricane season so we are
> working on eliminating all the food in the freezer. Last year after Charley
> we threw about $300 worth of food away, had no way to keep it frozen when
> the power went out. All the meat went on the grill and the TV dinners went
> in the trash.
Yes, that's a problem. I thought of putting all the
good meats into plastic bags and pouring cheap Vodka
in to preserve...don't know if that would work.
Years back a friend had an ice house. He would "harvest"
ice from the lake in the winter, and cover it with about
2 feet of saw dust.
That ice was still frozen solid in September.
He owned the resort and I'd help him dig the ice out,
and it was amazing that it was just a bit wet around
the ice block.
I can't kid you guys in architecture, the insulation
value of sawdust is awesome. Of course the point is,
lot's of ice can be stored cheap for an emergency.
My Old Boy had a house in Regina, Saskatchewan on
the canuck praire insulated with sawdust and swore
it was unbeatable. Sawdust doesn't burn well but I
guess it can be buggy. But with a reasonable insectide,
perhaps mothballs or something, it might be a good
cheap insulator.
Of course you can buy big ice blocks in bags when
the power is working :-).
Ken
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