An Easy Question?

[Gregory Matthews]

Here is an easy questions what should prompt you to think outside of the norm:

When we left Colorado to move to California we wanted to take some frozen items of food with us.  So, we packed them in containers and put them in the back of the SUV that we were driving.  During the drive, we did not touch them in any way.  They remained just as we had packed them in Colorado.

Some 36 + hours later we unpacked them.  At that time the frozen items were just as cold and frozen as they were when we packed them.

How could that be.

 

[Outta Here]

Well, if you moved during a cold time of year, it's entirely possible to keep something frozen for 36 hours outside--or even in the garage if you live in St. Louis.

[phkrause]

You must've had a number of frozen things packed all around in the containers! I know when I buy 2 frozen items in the store, by the time we get them home, there just about unfrozen. But if I buy a number of frozen things and pack them together, they usually stay pretty frozen.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

I occasionally order frozen food from back East, with the transport usually taking five days.  The packaging they use always keeps things frozen... usually dry ice in insulated containers.  Not bulky at all.

[Robert]

9 hours ago, Gregory Matthews said:

Here is an easy questions what should prompt you to think outside of the norm:

When we left Colorado to move to California we wanted to take some frozen items of food with us.  So, we packed them in containers and put them in the back of the SUV that we were driving.  During the drive, we did not touch them in any way.  They remained just as we had packed them in Colorado.

Some 36 + hours later we unpacked them.  At that time the frozen items were just as cold and frozen as they were when we packed them.

How could that be.

 

Maybe you placed the frozen items down with the spare tire and it was cold outside during your trip? 

[Gregory Matthews]

Phkrause & Aubrey,  Sorry.  Not the answer.  "Robert, not the answer.

 

Pam, I went to my local grocery store and purchased dry ice.  That worked fine.  No mess.   The Carbon dioxide simply evaporated and went wherever it wanted to go into the atmosphere.

When we finally unpacked them many hours later, there was a small sliver of dry ice still present in one container.  In all everything was still cold.

 

[Outta Here]

Oh! You didn't mean, "How could that be?" But instead, "How did we manage that?" Two different questions. My answer wasn't wrong. It just wasn't the one you were looking for. 

[Gregory Matthews]