Maybe open them first and spill some percentage out so the bottles don’t burst when the water expands.
I find most water bottles can freeze fine without removing any water. There is often a little bit of air already at the top and the plastic bottle is fairly flexible. Usually the base just gets balloned out a bit and difficult to stand up. I've frozen many water bottle for various reasons and can't recall any breaking from just freezing.
Yes true, but the bulbous shapes become awkward to organize though, but you’re right.
This is a partial tip. Water has a much higher thermal mass than air does. It takes much longer cool a bunch of water down than it takes to cool the equivalent volume of air to the same temperature, it also stays cold longer.
You don't generally want to pull stuff out of your freezer to make room for water but it's a great idea to fill up empty space with water. That will make your freezer more efficient even when there's no hurricane.
Having drinking water on hand is a good tip too but you don't need it in the freezer. There are lots of instructions on how to safely store much more water than can reasonably fit in your freezer.
I always take for granted being able to just drink the tap water as is. I can't imagine keeping plastic bottle water at home.
great advice especially, when hurricane season is over in a few days
This seems like a good tip, but i dont understand why drink it, instead of freezing it again, before next power outage.
Probably for when you get thirsty before the power comes back on.
Most water plants have their own back up generators so power outages alone should not impact the water supply.
In a hurricane, does the supply get contaminated sometimes maybe? I dunno, we don't have em here
I've weathered four hurricanes in my life. I've needed my backup Water Supplies every single time.
Maybe don't freeze the water in plastic water bottles because it makes the plastic leach forever chemicals into your water, which then end up in your brain... don't leave the water bottles out in the sun either for the same reason
Where is the hand?
Don't do this ever, unless you want to drink microplastics and the nasty chemicals used to make them.
Your best bet is to just keep the freezer as stocked as possible. A full freezer is an efficient freezer, which in turn makes the fridge more efficient (given that the they share a single compressor/condenser setup).
Or just use sink water and then toss the bottles afterwards.
Okay but I can't drink a frozen turkey, Francis.
Nobody gives a shit about micro plastic when you can't get potable water otherwise.
The elites don't want you to know this, but you don't have to freeze water to preserve it. It doesn't have an expiration date because it's water; stick it in the fridge or simply store it on the counter at room temperature.
I didn't think you understand
Understand what? The idea behind freezing water bottles to help your fridge stay cold during a power outage, or the contents of your comment?
You can drink anything if you have the will.
Maybe stop drinking one of the most environmentally evil products on the planet?
And people are worried about straws.
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