If you don't have a quarter to spare, put some ice cubes in a cup or on a plate. If they change shape, they defrosted at some point. Toss your food and call your home insurance. A lot of home owner's insurance will cover the cost of replacing food due to disasters or outages.

☝️This is also the best version of this hack if you are running out the door to evacuate and don’t have time to wait for something to freeze.

📌 handy tip for seeing if your freezer lost power