Our power has been out for 14 hours in Vienna

[Anonymous]

18 hours and counting in Bethesda. Frankly based on the volume of outages and the experiences we had last summer (7 days with no power one of the times, 2 other 24 hour periods) I am assuming we need to be prepared for a week of no power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm at 18 hours and counting in falls church. Dominion said no estimate available for our house. Ugh.

Call again (if you didn't call recently). Dominion now has an estimate for us and didn't the first time we called (we have between 5pm and 11pm).

Now, I am wondering, why on earth didn't we put the milk in a cooler with snow? How dumb are we? Wait - don't answer that.

[Anonymous]

Vienna poster here - based on my home phone number on the 888 number, Dominion gave the same 5 pm to 11 pm estimate. That would be great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now 16 hours. I'd love for it to be back on around 6 pm <praying>.

How long do I have until I have to throw out everything in my fridge and freezer?

How many times are you opening your refrig/freezer? And what are your usual settings (for example, we keep our setting at 7 (out of 10))?
YOu can always keep milk/leftovers etc. outside in the snow - or pack a cooler of snow and keep perishables in there.

Milk (assuming pasturized) can go unfrigerated for 2 hours. So, even if the refrigerator is "warm" milk will still be ok 2 hours after that.

COndiments such as pickles, ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, maple syrup, etc. will be fine.

[Anonymous]

I am in ffx city and mine was out for about 20 hours. Just came back on. I had no heat - that is the worst part. Never should have bought a home without a fireplace.

Now I am doing laundry, running the dish washer, on the computer.... aaaahhhhh House is heating up.

Next home remodel - wood burning stove.

[Anonymous]

19 hours and still out....ugh,......

[Anonymous]

Just got power back in Arlington....and.....the fridge and freezer are still in the "safe" zone (the door shows the temperature). Wohoo!!!