Ugh! Hoping your power isn't out too long, especially if you need the A/C on too. Your unopened freezer should be good for maybe a day or so, as I recall,
but depending also on how hot your house gets also. Sending good electric vibes your way...
Some power companies (like mine) have a number to call & report outages, & they also tell you if they have a known cause or an expected length of the outage.
One more thought that won't help you right now but something to think about: the fuller you keep your freezer, the longer it will stay frozen if the power goes out. Summer outages are typically much shorter than winter outages (because in winter, ice storms can topple trees so the roads need cleared before they can even fix the downed power lines). The more air is in your freezer (the less frozen food is taking up the space) the greater the risk of thawing. Even if you don't want to fill your freezer with food, keeping plastic jugs of ice water or bags of ice (etc) will help protect your food in an outage.
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