Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of MacroBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of MacroBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Personal Finance / Macroeconomic Trends & Risks
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (2) |
Author: OrmontUS   😊 😞
Number: of 4460 
Subject: OT: Idea if you are leaving home
Date: 06/22/25 7:10 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 1
We tend to take rather long trips. One is impending which will allow us to miss at least some of this summer's hottest weather.

While our power is generally very rubust, this is also the season with the highest probability of electrical brownout and blackout issues.

Something which worked well during an extended blackout after hurrican Sandy a number of years ago was fill in spare space in my refrigerator's freezer with plastic mineral water bottles. This keep our refrigerator cold for about a week and hopfully add enough thermal inertial to bridge a power problem of reasonable length.

It may be helpful that my freezer section is above the refrigeerator which I'm guessing aid by convection when the internal fans no longer function.

Jeff
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to OrmontUS here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 4,454 posts about Macroeconomic Trends & Risks. The article-length ones it recommended most:
AI Tarpits · 36 recs · 2026
End of an era - profit slowdown · 36 recs · 2023
Control Panel: Trend changes in 2026 · 34 recs · 2026
From the Oregon Bay Area (a blogger) · 33 recs · 2025
Lerner Symmetry Theorem · 32 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (2) |


Announcements
Macroeconomic Trends & Risks FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Macro | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community