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Princessn678Princessn678 member
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So I just moved to SE Texas 2 months ago. Last night I was having dinner with my brother and we talked about evacuation plans. And he was saying how you need to empty your fridge and freezers before you evacuate. I suddenly had a panic attack because I have over 500oz of frozen BM, since my daughter won't latch I EP. Is there anything I can do in advance to be prepared to take it with me or should I just be prepared to have to dump it =(  ?? TIA for any help.
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  • melrrrmelrrr
    don't dump! Best case scenario have lots of frozen ice packs and an ice chest on hand, and evacuate inland to stay with someone who has a working freezer!  
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  • step2mom2010step2mom2010

    imagemelrrr:
    don't dump! Best case scenario have lots of frozen ice packs and an ice chest on hand, and evacuate inland to stay with someone who has a working freezer!  

    I agree, dont worry about dumping.  Go ahead and save some coke bottles with water frozen so that if you need to transport you can.  Someone inland will have a freezer working, and if all else fails, someone will have a generator and understand.

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  • rayskit10rayskit10 member
    and in the 9 years I have lived in Houston, I have only evacuated twice. It's slightly more common on the coast but only slightly. Chances are greater than 50% that you won't have to worry about it. But just have a cooler and ice ready.
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  • missjakemissjake
    I hear dry ice works really well. That's what one of my neighbors did for Ike. 
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  • jen5-03jen5-03 member
    I have lived here for 35 years. There have been 2 bad hurricanes that we lost power for an extended time (1-2 weeks or more). That leaves a lot of years that had no major power outages.
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  • SigmundsGirlSigmundsGirl
    imagejen5/03:
    I have lived here for 35 years. There have been 2 bad hurricanes that we lost power for an extended time (1-2 weeks or more). That leaves a lot of years that had no major power outages.
    I've lived here for 35 years also and in hurricane Alicia we lost power for 5 days. In hurricane Ike my parents lost power for 14 days but DH and I only lost power for 8 hours. I wouldn't worry.

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