{"id":332,"date":"2023-09-12T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/?p=332"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:42:12","slug":"09-11-23-stay-cool-it-is-a-power-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/2023\/09\/12\/09-11-23-stay-cool-it-is-a-power-outage\/admin","title":{"rendered":"CRAP. The power went out. Was I ready for this? Oh no, not another pitch to sell MRE’s on the internet…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nah, I’m too broke to sell anything. But back to the case: the power crashed, and if you are lucky to remember to TEST your UPS batteries (Uninterruptible Power Supply… such as backup power for computer or other systems) those units are beeping at you, whatever you were watching on TV or possibly the Internet just shut off, and you are in “should I go outside and eat this?” mode. What is one key item, especially in the summer you could do well to keep: ICE!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There it is, the ice box is empty, your flash light is stuck in the on-position, and you are playing it by touch-and-go. What is that we see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why it is an ice bucket, of course. This unit features a rubber seal or gasket that I think helps to keep temperature controlled for longer time. There is the bucket, but where is the ice: in your freezer… go get it. By the way here is a bendable cutting board (a good reason to own at least one) to quickly deliver ice from tray to bucket without dropping a single one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUT! LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! Be safe out there, and remember to take care of yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that answers at least that question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks again, and more to come, Jeremy AKA Mr. Variety<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremy Dinovo, Program Director for dustybootsworth.com (and web administrator) AKA Mr. Variety<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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it may be dark, but at least you are refreshed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,31,29],"tags":[32,35,45],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management","category-safety","category-short-story","tag-food","tag-improvement","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dustybootsworth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}