Global & Disaster Medicine

How to evacuate from your home safely as the hurricane looms……

September 4th, 2019

NYT

“……The Food and Drug Administration recommends switching your refrigerator and freezer to the coldest possible settings and moving fridge items to the freezer so they stay cold longer if the power goes out. Even in a power failure, a tightly packed freezer can stay cold for 48 hours. If you can’t fit everything into the freezer, add containers of ice to the fridge.

Keep thermometers in the fridge and freezer so you can check the temperature when you return. Anything that has remained at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder is safe to eat. Move pantry items and a supply of bottled water to high, secure shelves so they will be safe from floodwaters……”

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 at 9:25 am and is filed under Tropical cyclones .
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.   Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Comments are closed.

Categories

Recent Posts

Archives

Admin