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When the power goes out
When the power goes out: storm outages are a routine Baltic and Finnish event and the searches are frantic and immediate. One page per consequence: how long…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
Storm outages are a routine Baltic and Finnish event and the searches are frantic and immediate.
One page per consequence: how long food stays safe in a fridge and in a freezer, water when the pump or the pressure station stops, heating without electricity and why most modern boilers stop too, a wood stove as the fallback, generators and the carbon-monoxide rule that kills people every storm, candles versus lamps, medical devices and refrigerated medicines, phones and how to make a battery last two days, a lift, an electric gate, and what to check before you switch everything back on.
Plus the outage-reporting number and map for each utility.
How to use it
Use When the power goes out to understand the inputs, units and assumptions before relying on an output. A useful result should be reproducible from the named source rather than presented as an unexplained score.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | elektrikatkestus mida teha kodus |
| Finnish | sähkökatko kotona ohjeet |
| Russian | отключили свет что делать с продуктами |
| English | how long will food last in a freezer without power |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: Päästeamet, Suomen Pelastusalan Keskusjärjestö and utility public guidance, Ruokavirasto food-safety timings; freezer maths computed. · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/more/prepared is the 72-hour stock you build in advance; this is the hours after the lights go off.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
More Prepared
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Fridge
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Why it belongs on TempoLife
/more/prepared and /fridge.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
Storm outages are a routine Baltic and Finnish event and the searches are frantic and immediate. One page per consequence: how long food stays safe in a fridge and in a freezer, water when the pump or the pressure station stops, heating without electricity and why most modern boilers stop too, a wood stove as the fallback, generators and the carbon-monoxide rule that kills people every storm, candles versus lamps, medical devices and refrigerated medicines, phones and how to make a battery last two days, a lift…
What evidence does it use?
Päästeamet, Suomen Pelastusalan Keskusjärjestö and utility public guidance, Ruokavirasto food-safety timings; freezer maths computed.
Where does this guide stop?
/more/prepared is the 72-hour stock you build in advance; this is the hours after the lights go off.
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