PZ lifespan in a cooler

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Michele and Peeps

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We had some wicked storms last night... We're the only ones in the neighborhood affected by the storms, because one of our trees tore out our lone power pole, which tore the mast, meter, etc off of our house. The line is still live (we were actually just told that a lot of the metal in our house is hot, both of our ground wires have been torn apart), so we're not sure if the power company even knows there is an "outage".

The insulin was in the fridge last night until Peeps needed her shot (power had been out approx 3 hours), and was moved to a cooler with ice.

Our state government has shut down, and along with the holiday weekend, plus 7,000 other customers being without electricity, the insulin might be in a cooler all weekend. Our fridge is hooked up to a generator right now, but the compressor has been on for almost 3 hours now non-stop, and we cannot run the generator all night to keep the fridge going - so I plan on having the insulin in our cooler.

If this problem isn't resolved, how long will my PZ last in a cooler in these conditions? And how will I know if it has gone bad?

It's a brand new bottle, opened just weeks ago. It seemed cool for Peeps' AM shot, but it didn't seem the same cool that it feels when I pull it out of the fridge...

I am not sure how much I will be able to access internet until this gets resolved, so if you could just post here and I'll try to get back to you when I am able.
 
I hadn't thought about the insulin.

Is there a convenience store nearby that you could get small qty's of ice from to keep the cooler stocked?
 
We have a gas station about 5 miles away. Not sure if they'd have small amounts of ice for sale or if I would have to get the big bags. If that's the case, I'll have to go grab some this evening as the ice I fortunately picked up (pre-no electricity knowledge) seems to be doing quite well.
 
Oh wow Michele, what a mess!!!! If you get ice, I think put some kind of padding around the insulin so it won't have any chance of freezing (you probably already know that!!!).

Scritches to Peeps!!!! :mrgreen:
 
What Joanna said - keep in in the box, in a ziplock baggie and maybe put a thin dish cloth between the ice and baggie to keep it from freezing. As long as you keep the ice stocked, the insulin should be just fine!
 
Thanks! The insulin is double baggied just because... and it's sitting on paper bag that has last nights dinner in it. It is now 4+ hours later and the compressor on the fridge is still going. Good thing the mayo & milk were getting low anyways, won't be as much of a waste to throw it out!

The situation with our mast is not getting any better. I have lots of pictures, but I am not on my own computer yet & don't want to risk 'losing' the images on this computer.
 
Re: It's all better... for now

Our electrician (MN residents, if you need a referral, I'll get his number to you asap), got us up and running. Our wires were split in two places, one at the house one at the pole. He is fairly surprised the house didn't go up in flames - the arcs burned holes in the wiring in two places in/on the house.

Our electric pole is still in the road, covered by a tree. The electric company has yet to drive by.

The insulin is back in the fridge, and we have enough ice for some much needed adult beverages!

Photos soon.
 
We were just lucky someone was home. I was stranded at the place I volunteer for the first storm pass (the one that took our our electricity), with a dead cellphone and worries about trees taking out fences. I regret that I left my camera at home, the clouds there were unbelievable, and I could have gotten a few dirt devils on film. Of course, I was in the middle of one and screaming for a co-worker to get inside. It was just all around together a crappy Friday.
 
Re: Update

Just an update in case anyone is interested...

Our power pole is still in the road. The power company showed up 47 hours after our power went out, but we went drastically down on the list because we had power. They were very impolite, to the point I wanted to throw them out of the driveway, but they left on their own accord.

The storms hit east of the St. Croix really badly. I have gotten word from some people that Grantsburg, WI is pretty much treeless in areas now. Monday, between parades, volunteering, the carnival, and fireworks, a friend who does bird rescue who is based out of Grantsburg gave us a call and asked if we could transport 2 baby birds to the Raptor Center the rest of the way so she didn't have to take on the financial burden 100% with gas prices the way they are. Of course we jumped in the car and got to the meet location as fast as we could legally. These birds lost their nest during the evening of the 1st, and now it was the evening of the 4th. It was reported that no adults were seen, and the nest was completely gone - the birds were just laying on the ground. She had fed them some chicken, but they needed professional help.

Everyone seems to think they're Coopers Hawks, but they're so tiny & undeveloped as of yet, it was just a theory:
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One of the birds ended up projectile pooing on my door through the open screen part of the carrier. Most of the drive they were squeaking in the backseat, and we were really worried we were losing one. I felt confident that if they were throwing poo all over the place, they were doing fine. The word this morning was they received fluids and food (one had to be force fed, but that bird looked the worse for wear during transport), but all sounds well with them - per word from the Raptor Center.

I'm just glad the weekend is over!
 
Awwww poor babies. Son and granddaughter were headed to Grantsburg for vacation after the storm. I hope everything was ok for them.

What a great thing transporting the babies to safety.

Good for pooing, sorry about your car.
 
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